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Hamas May Be Threat to 8chan, QAnon Online

January 5 2021 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, Security, The Coming Storm

In 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...

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VMware Flaw a Vector in SolarWinds Breach?

December 18 2020 By BrianKrebs in nsa, Security, The Coming Storm

U.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...

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U.S. Treasury, Commerce Depts. Hacked Through SolarWinds Compromise

December 14 2020 By BrianKrebs in Microsoft, Security, The Coming Storm

Communications 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...

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Ransomware Group Turns to Facebook Ads

November 10 2020 By BrianKrebs in Emsisoft, Fabian Wosar, Ransomware, Security, The Coming Storm

It'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...

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FBI, DHS, HHS Warn of Imminent, Credible Ransomware Threat Against U.S. Hospitals

October 29 2020 By BrianKrebs in alex holden, FBI, Hold Security, Latest Warnings, Mandiant, Ransomware, Security, The Coming Storm

On 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...

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The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon

October 22 2020 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Security, The Coming Storm

Some 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...

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QAnon/8Chan Sites Briefly Knocked Offline

October 19 2020 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Security, The Coming Storm

A 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...

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Microsoft Uses Trademark Law to Disrupt Trickbot Botnet

October 12 2020 By BrianKrebs in Ransomware, Security, The Coming Storm

Microsoft 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...

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Attacks Aimed at Disrupting the Trickbot Botnet

October 2 2020 By BrianKrebs in alex holden, Hold Security, Intel 471, Ransomware, Security, The Coming Storm

Over 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...

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Sendgrid Under Siege from Hacked Accounts

August 28 2020 By BrianKrebs in A Little Sunshine, Security, The Coming Storm

Email 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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