CloudFlare – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:24:41 +0000

The payment card giant MasterCard just fixed a glaring error in its domain name server settings that could have allowed anyone to intercept or divert Internet traffic for the company by registering an unused domain name. The misconfiguration persisted for nearly five years until a security researcher spent $300 to register the domain and prevent it from being grabbed by cybercriminals.

MalwareBytes Security

December 19, 2024 admin

‘Fix It’ social-engineering scheme impersonates several brands

Criminals are luring victims looking to download software and tricking them into running a malicious command.

Security Sophos

December 19, 2024 admin

Phishing platform Rockstar 2FA trips, and “FlowerStorm” picks up the pieces

Credit to Author: gallagherseanm| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:11:48 +0000

A sudden disruption of a major phishing-as-a-service provider leads to the rise of another…that looks very familiar

Independent Krebs

December 11, 2024 admin

How Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:38:48 +0000

A financial firm registered in Canada has emerged as the payment processor for dozens of Russian cryptocurrency exchanges and websites hawking cybercrime services aimed at Russian-speaking customers, new research finds. Meanwhile, an investigation into the Vancouver street address used by this company shows it is home to dozens of foreign currency dealers, money transfer businesses, and cryptocurrency exchanges — none of which are physically located there.

MalwareBytes Security

November 7, 2023 admin

Okta breach happened after employee logged into personal Google account

Okta has concluded that the root cause of its breach was an employee storing company credentials in a private Google account.

Independent Krebs

October 10, 2023 admin

Patch Tuesday, October 2023 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 22:51:31 +0000

Microsoft today issued security updates for more than 100 newly-discovered vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system and related software, including four flaws that are already being exploited. In addition, Apple recently released emergency updates to quash a pair of zero-day bugs in iOS.

MalwareBytes Security

August 14, 2023 admin