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Despite Decades of Hacking Attacks, Companies Leave Vast Amounts of Sensitive Data Unprotected

A surge in identity theft during the pandemic underscores how easy it has become to obtain people’s private data. As hackers are all too happy to explain, many of them are cashing in on it.

FCC Proposal Targets SIM Swapping, Port-Out Fraud – Krebs on Security

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for feedback on new proposed rules to crack down on SIM swapping and number port-out fraud, increasingly prevalent scams in which identity thieves hijack a target's mobile phone number and use that…

Fraudster Gets 12-Year Sentence for AT&T 'Unlocking' Scheme

Fraudster Gets 12-Year Sentence for AT&T 'Unlocking' Scheme

The Life Cycle of a Breached Database – Krebs on Security

Une astuce de cyberdéfense qui bloquerait les cybercriminels russes : installer un clavier virtuel en russe

Avez-vous déjà testé cette étrange astuce de cyberdéfense que les cybercriminels russes auraient en horreur ?

iTWire - Emsisoft CTO ridicules claims that Russian keyboard setting could stop ransomware

iTWire Tuesday, 18 May 2021 12:21 Emsisoft CTO ridicules claims that Russian keyboard setting could stop ransomware Shares Image by Никита Сажин from Pixabay The chief technology officer of New Zealand-headquartered Emsisoft, a firm well known for its efforts in helping ransomware victims, has poked fun at the "new 'innovative' ways people will claim to be the next big fix for ransomware". "One of these eight-year-old running gags kinda turned into a real recommendation recently: Changing your keyboard layout to Russian," Fabian Wosar wrote in Washington Post employee Brian Krebs who posted an article on his blog titled "Try This One Weird Trick Russian Hackers Hate" on 17 May US time.

Try This One Weird Trick Russian Hackers Hate – Krebs on Security

May 17, 2021 In a Twitter discussion last week on ransomware attacks, KrebsOnSecurity noted that virtually all ransomware strains have a built-in failsafe designed to cover the backsides of the malware purveyors: They simply will not install on a Microsoft Windows computer that already has one of many types of virtual keyboards installed — such as Russian or Ukrainian. So many readers had questions in response to the tweet that I thought it was worth a blog post exploring this one weird cyber defense trick. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) more or less matches the exclusion list on an awful lot of malware coming out of Eastern Europe.

Can We Stop Pretending SMS Is Secure Now? — Krebs on Security

Can We Stop Pretending SMS Is Secure Now? SMS text messages were already the weakest link securing just about anything online, mainly because there are tens of thousands of employees at mobile stores who can be tricked or bribed into swapping control over a mobile phone number to someone else. Now we’re learning about an entire ecosystem of companies that anyone could use to silently intercept text messages intended for other mobile users. Security researcher “Lucky225” worked with Vice.com’s Joseph Coxto intercept Cox’s incoming text messages with his permission. Lucky225 showed how anyone could do the same after creating an account at a service called Sakari, a company that helps celebrities and businesses do SMS marketing and mass messaging.