Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to fix roughly 120 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. Two of the flaws have been publicly detailed prior to this week, and one is already seeing active exploitation, accor…
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Double-Your-Crypto Scams Share Crypto Scam Host
by BrianKrebs •
Online scams that try to separate the unwary from their cryptocurrency are a dime a dozen, but a great many seemingly disparate crypto scam websites tend to rely on the same dodgy infrastructure providers to remain online in the face of massive fraud a…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
Report: Recent 10x Increase in Cyberattacks on Ukraine
by BrianKrebs •
As their cities suffered more intense bombardment by Russian military forces this week, Ukrainian Internet users came under renewed cyberattacks, with one Internet company providing service there saying they blocked ten times the normal number of phish…
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Russia Sanctions May Spark Escalating Cyber Conflict
by BrianKrebs •
President Biden joined European leaders this week in enacting economic sanctions against Russia in response its military invasion of Ukraine. The West has promised tougher sanctions are coming, but experts warn these will almost certainly trigger a Rus…
Europe, Global Security News, North America
The ‘Zelle Fraud’ Scam: How it Works, How to Fight Back
by BrianKrebs •
One of the more common ways cybercriminals cash out access to bank accounts involves draining the victim’s funds via Zelle, a “peer-to-peer” (P2P) payment service used by many financial institutions that allows customers to quickly send cash to friends…
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‘Tis the Season for the Wayward Package Phish
by BrianKrebs •
The holiday shopping season always means big business for phishers, who tend to find increased success this time of year with a time-honored lure about a wayward package that needs redelivery. Here’s a look at a fairly elaborate SMS-based phishing scam…
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‘Trojan Source’ Bug Threatens the Security of All Code
by BrianKrebs •
Virtually all compilers — programs that transform human-readable source code into computer-executable machine code — are vulnerable to an insidious attack in which an adversary can introduce targeted vulnerabilities into any software without being de…
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The Rise of One-Time Password Interception Bots
by BrianKrebs •
In February, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about a novel cybercrime service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passwords (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. That service quickly went offline, …
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Apple AirTag Bug Enables ‘Good Samaritan’ Attack
by BrianKrebs •
The new $30 Airtag tracking device from Apple has a feature that allows anyone who finds one of these tiny location beacons to scan it with a mobile phone and discover its owner’s phone number if the Airtag has been set to lost mode. But according to n…
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Microsoft: Attackers Exploiting Windows Zero-Day Flaw
by BrianKrebs •
Microsoft Corp. warned Tuesday that attackers are exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in Windows 10 and many Windows Server versions to seize control over PCs when users open a malicious document or visit a booby-trapped website. There is cur…