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Service Rents Email Addresses for Account Signups

June 6, 2023 admin impulse scam crypto project, kopeechka, Mastodon, quotpw, renaud chaput, spam, Trend Micro, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2023 20:09:13 +0000

One of the most expensive aspects of any cybercriminal operation is the time and effort it takes to create large numbers of new throwaway email accounts. Now a new service offers to help dramatically cut costs associated with large-scale spam and account creation campaigns, by paying people to sell their email account credentials and letting customers temporarily rent access to a vast pool of established accounts at major providers.

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Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer

May 22, 2023 admin arkose labs, Breadcrumbs, constella intelligence, domaintools, edgard011012@gmail.com, lolzteam, Mastodon, mondi group, moonxtrade, msr-sergey2015@yandex.ru, Ne'er-Do-Well News, quot.pw, renaud chaput, sergey proshutinskiy, tgm, Twitter, Web Fraud 2.0, ципа

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 00:15:30 +0000

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. What follows is an interview with a Russian hacker responsible for a series of aggressive crypto spam campaigns that recently prompted several large Mastodon communities to temporarily halt new registrations. According to the hacker, their spam software has been in private use until the last few weeks, when it was released as open source code.