Hamas May Be Threat to 8chan, QAnon Online
January 5 2021In October 2020, KrebsOnSecurity looked at how a web of sites connected to conspiracy theory movements QAnon and 8chan were being kept online by DDoS-Guard, a dodgy Russian firm...
Read moreVMware Flaw a Vector in SolarWinds Breach?
December 18 2020U.S. government cybersecurity agencies warned this week that the attackers behind the widespread hacking spree stemming from the compromise at network software firm SolarWinds used weaknesses in other, non-SolarWinds...
Read moreU.S. Treasury, Commerce Depts. Hacked Through SolarWinds Compromise
December 14 2020Communications at the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments were reportedly compromised by a supply chain attack on SolarWinds, a security vendor that helps the federal government and a range...
Read moreRansomware Group Turns to Facebook Ads
November 10 2020It's bad enough that many ransomware gangs now have blogs where they publish data stolen from companies that refuse to make an extortion payment. Now, one crime group has...
Read moreOn Monday, Oct. 27, KrebsOnSecurity began following up on a tip from a reliable source that an aggressive Russian cybercriminal gang known for deploying ransomware was preparing to disrupt...
Read moreThe Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon
October 22 2020Some of the world's largest Internet firms have taken steps to crack down on disinformation spread by QAnon conspiracy theorists and the hate-filled anonymous message board 8chan. But according...
Read moreQAnon/8Chan Sites Briefly Knocked Offline
October 19 2020A phone call to an Internet provider in Oregon on Sunday evening was all it took to briefly sideline multiple websites related to 8chan/8kun -- a controversial online image...
Read moreMicrosoft Uses Trademark Law to Disrupt Trickbot Botnet
October 12 2020Microsoft Corp. has executed a coordinated legal sneak attack in a bid to disrupt the malware-as-a-service botnet Trickbot, a global menace that has infected millions of computers and is...
Read moreAttacks Aimed at Disrupting the Trickbot Botnet
October 2 2020Over the past 10 days, someone has been launching a series of coordinated attacks designed to disrupt Trickbot, an enormous collection of more than two million malware-infected Windows PCs...
Read moreSendgrid Under Siege from Hacked Accounts
August 28 2020Email service provider Sendgrid is grappling with an unusually large number of customer accounts whose passwords have been cracked, sold to spammers, and abused for sending phishing and email...
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