Ne’er-Do-Well News – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:57:06 +0000

KrebsOnSecurity recently heard from a reader whose boss’s email account got phished and was used to trick one of the company’s customers into sending a large payment to scammers. An investigation into the attacker’s infrastructure points to a long-running Nigerian cybercrime group that is actively targeting established companies in the transportation and aviation industries.

Independent Krebs

July 25, 2025 admin

UK Arrests Four in ‘Scattered Spider’ Ransom Group

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:31:10 +0000

Authorities in the United Kingdom this week arrested four alleged members of “Scattered Spider,” a prolific data theft and extortion group whose recent victims include multiple airlines and the U.K. retail chain Marks & Spencer.

Independent Krebs

July 25, 2025 admin

Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:06:05 +0000

In May 2025, the U.S. government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam websites reported to the FBI. But more than a month later, the accused continues to openly operate accounts at a slew of American tech companies, including Facebook, Github, LinkedIn, PayPal and Twitter/X.

Independent Krebs

July 25, 2025 admin

Inside a Dark Adtech Empire Fed by Fake CAPTCHAs

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:14:00 +0000

Late last year, security researchers made a startling discovery: Kremlin-backed disinformation campaigns were bypassing moderation on social media platforms by leveraging the same malicious advertising technology that powers a sprawling ecosystem of online hucksters and website hackers. A new report on the fallout from that investigation finds this dark ad tech industry is far more resilient and incestuous than previously known.

Independent Krebs

May 22, 2025 admin

Oops: DanaBot Malware Devs Infected Their Own PCs

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 21:53:21 +0000

The U.S. government today unsealed criminal charges against 16 individuals accused of operating and selling DanaBot, a prolific strain of information-stealing malware that has been sold on Russian cybercrime forums since 2018. The FBI says a newer version of DanaBot was used for espionage, and that many of the defendants exposed their real-life identities after accidentally infecting their own systems with the malware.

Independent Krebs

May 20, 2025 admin

KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 21:30:30 +0000

KrebsOnSecurity last week was hit by a near record distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that clocked in at more than 6.3 terabits of data per second (a terabit is one trillion bits of data). The brief attack appears to have been a test run for a massive new Internet of Things (IoT) botnet capable of launching crippling digital assaults that few web destinations can withstand. Read on for more about the botnet, the attack, and the apparent creator of this global menace.

Independent Krebs

May 15, 2025 admin

Breachforums Boss to Pay $700k in Healthcare Breach

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 19:56:51 +0000

In what experts are calling a novel legal outcome, the 22-year-old former administrator of the cybercrime community Breachforums will forfeit nearly $700,000 to settle a civil lawsuit from a health insurance company whose customer data was posted for sale on the forum in 2023. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, a.k.a. “Pompompurin,” is slated for resentencing next month after pleading guilty to access device fraud and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

Independent Krebs

May 15, 2025 admin

Pakistani Firm Shipped Fentanyl Analogs, Scams to US

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 07 May 2025 22:22:48 +0000

A Texas firm recently charged with conspiring to distribute synthetic opioids in the United States is at the center of a vast network of companies in the U.S. and Pakistan whose employees are accused of using online ads to scam westerners seeking help with trademarks, book writing, mobile app development and logo designs, a new investigation reveals.