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5 days ago · Step 2 asks the user to press the “CTRL” key and the letter “V” at the same time, which pastes malicious code from the site’s virtual clipboard. Step 3 — pressing the “Enter” key ...
“BriansClub” Hack Rescues 26M Stolen Cards – Krebs on Security
Oct 15, 2019 · BriansClub sold roughly 9.1 million stolen credit cards, earning the site $126 million in sales. Allison Nixon, the company’s director of security research, said the data suggests that between ...
The ‘Zelle Fraud’ Scam: How it Works, How to Fight Back
Nov 19, 2021 · The fraudster then uses the code to complete the password reset process, and then changes the victim’s online banking password. The fraudster then uses Zelle to transfer the victim’s funds to ...
Phishing Sites Targeting Scammers and Thieves - Krebs on Security
Aug 9, 2021 · Unwary scammers like Mitch are a dime a dozen, as are phishing sites that spoof criminal services online. Shortly after it came online as a phishing site last year, BriansClub[.]com was hosted at ...
Takeaways from the $566M BriansClub breach – Krebs on Security
Oct 29, 2019 · In the quote below, a “base” refers to a distinct batch of freshly-stolen card data uploaded to BriansClub. “For context, the collective price for the entirety of exposed BriansClub records ...
The Rise of One-Time Password Interception Bots
Puzzled September 29, 2021. The article is missing an explanation that would help me (tech-savvy but not a professional) understand how it works. The article says, “The call would prompt the ...
Six Charged in Mass Takedown of DDoS-for-Hire Sites
Dec 14, 2022 · The DOJ also charged six U.S. men with computer crimes related to their alleged ownership of the popular DDoS-for-hire services. The booter service OrphicSecurityTeam [.]com was one of the 48 DDoS ...
What We Can Learn from the Capital One Hack - Krebs on Security
Aug 2, 2019 · On Monday, a former Amazon employee was arrested and charged with stealing more than 100 million consumer applications for credit from Capital One.Since then, many have speculated the breach was ...
A Retrospective on the 2015 Ashley Madison Breach
Jul 27, 2022 · The Impact Team said ALM had one month to take Ashley Madison offline, along with a sister property called Established Men. The hackers promised that if a month passed and the company did not ...
The Security Pros and Cons of Using Email Aliases
Aug 10, 2022 · HaveIBeenPwned’s Hunt arrived at the conclusion that aliases account for about .03 percent of registered email addresses by studying the data leaked in the 2013 breach at Adobe, which affected ...