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A 20-year-old Florida man at the center of a prolific cybercrime group known as “<strong> Scattered Spider</strong> ” was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today,

A 22-year-old Oregon man has been arrested on suspicion of operating “<strong> Rapper Bot</strong> ,” a massive botnet used to power a service for launching distributed

Cybercriminal groups peddling sophisticated phishing kits that convert stolen card data into mobile wallets have recently shifted their focus to targe

<strong> Microsoft</strong> today released updates to fix more than 100 security flaws in its <strong> Windows</strong> operating systems and other software. At least 13 of the bugs rece

A new documentary series about cybercrime airing next month on <strong> HBO Max</strong> features interviews with Yours Truly. The four-part series follows the exploits

On July 22, 2025, the European police agency <strong> Europol</strong> said a long-running investigation led by the French Police resulted in the arrest of a 38-year-old

Fraudsters are flooding Discord and other social media platforms with ads for hundreds of polished online gaming and wagering websites that lure peopl

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

On Sunday, July 20, <strong> Microsoft Corp.</strong> issued an emergency security update for a vulnerability in <strong> SharePoint Server</strong> that is actively being exploited to c

Security researchers recently revealed that the personal information of millions of people who applied for jobs at <strong> McDonald’s</strong> was exposed after they g