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Happy 12th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

KrebsOnSecurity turns 12 years old today. That’s a crazy long time for an independent media outlet these days, but then again I’m bound to keep doing... Read more

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The Equifax Breach Settlement Offer is Real, For Now

Millions of people likely just received an email or snail mail notice saying they’re eligible to claim a class action payment in connection with the... Read more

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Hacked Ring Cams Used to Record Swatting Victims

Photo: BrandonKleinPhoto / Shutterstock.com Two U.S. men have been charged with hacking into the Ring home security cameras of a dozen random people... Read more

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Six Charged in Mass Takedown of DDoS-for-Hire Sites

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today seized four-dozen domains that sold “booter” or “stresser” services — businesses that make it easy and c... Read more

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2022 Edition

Microsoft has released its final monthly batch of security updates for 2022, fixing more than four dozen security holes in its various Windows op... Read more

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FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked

InfraGard , a program run by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to build cyber and physical threat information sharing partnerships wi... Read more

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New Ransom Payment Schemes Target Executives, Telemedicine

Ransomware groups are constantly devising new methods for infecting victims and convincing them to pay up, but a couple of strategies tested recently... Read more

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Judge Orders U.S. Lawyer in Russian Botnet Case to Pay Google

In December 2021, Google filed a civil lawsuit against two Russian men thought to be responsible for operating Glupteba , one of the Internet’s la... Read more

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ConnectWise Quietly Patches Flaw That Helps Phishers

ConnectWise , a self-hosted, remote desktop software application that is widely used by Managed Service Providers (MSPs), is warning about an unusua... Read more

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U.S. Govt. Apps Bundled Russian Code With Ties to Mobile Malware Developer

A recent scoop by  Reuters revealed that mobile apps for the U.S. Army and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were integrating... Read more