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29 Jan, 2021

The Taxman Cometh for ID Theft Victims

Cybersecurity 1099-G, Karl Fava, Latest Warnings, tax refund fraud, Taxpayer Advocate Service, The Coming Storm, U.S. Internal Revenue Service

29 Jan, 2021

The Taxman Cometh for ID Theft Victims

Cybersecurity 1099-G, Karl Fava, Latest Warnings, tax refund fraud, Taxpayer Advocate Service, The Coming Storm, U.S. Internal Revenue Service

5 Jan, 2021

Hamas May Be Threat to 8chan, QAnon Online

Cybersecurity 8chan, A Little Sunshine, CoreSite, ddos-guard, Hamas, Kobre & Kim, Nick Lim, QAnon, Ron Guilmette, Sean Buckley, SpartanHost, The Coming Storm, VanwaTech

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 that also hosts the official site for the terrorist group Hamas. New research shows DDoS-Guard relies on data centers provided by a U.S.-based publicly traded company, which experts say could be exposed to civil and criminal liabilities as a result of DDoS-Guard’s business with Hamas. …

18 Dec, 2020

VMware Flaw a Vector in SolarWinds Breach?

Cybersecurity, VMware APT 29, Ars Technica, CISA, Cozy Bear, Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency, Data Breaches, Duo, FSB, Microsoft Outlook Web App, New York Times, nsa, SAML token compromise, Security Assertion Markup Language, The Coming Storm, U.S. National Security Agency, VMware, Volexity, washington post

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 products to attack high-value targets. According to sources, among those was a flaw in software virtualization platform VMware, which the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) warned on Dec. 7 was being used by Russian hackers to impersonate authorized users on victim networks. …

14 Dec, 2020

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

Cybersecurity APT29, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Data Breaches, Department of Commerce, FireEye hack, microsoft, Orion, Reuters, SolarWinds breach, The Coming Storm, U.S. Treasury Department

10 Nov, 2020

Ransomware Group Turns to Facebook Ads

Cybersecurity Chris Hodson, Emsisoft, Fabian Wosar, Ragnar Locker, Ransomware, The Coming Storm

29 Oct, 2020

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

Cybersecurity alex holden, Charles Carmakal, Department of Homeland Security, fbi, Health and Human Services, Hold Security, Latest Warnings, Mandiant, Ransomware, Reuters, Ryuk, 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 information technology systems at hundreds of hospitals, clinics and medical care facilities across the United States. Today, officials from the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security hastily assembled a conference call with healthcare industry executives warning about an “imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers.” …

22 Oct, 2020

The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon

Cybersecurity 8chan, 8kun, A Little Sunshine, American Registry for Internet Numbers, ARIN, Jim Watkins, N.T. Technology Inc., Ne'er-Do-Well News, QAnon, Ron Guilmette, 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 to a California-based security researcher, those seeking to de-platform these communities may have overlooked a simple legal solution to that end: Both the Nevada-based web hosting company owned by 8chan’s current figurehead and the California firm that provides its sole connection to the Internet are defunct businesses in the eyes of their respective state regulators. In practical terms, what this means is that the legal contracts which granted these companies temporary control over large swaths of Internet address space are now null and void, and American Internet regulators would be well within their rights to cancel those contracts and reclaim the space. …

19 Oct, 2020

QAnon/8Chan Sites Briefly Knocked Offline

Cybersecurity 8chan, 8kun, A Little Sunshine, CNServers, ddos-guard, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Nick Lim, OrcaTech, QAnon, Ron Guilmette, Ryan McCully, Spartan Host Ltd., The Coming Storm, VanwaTech

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 board linked to several mass shootings — and QAnon, the far-right conspiracy theory which holds that a cabal of Satanic pedophiles is running a global child sex-trafficking ring and plotting against President Donald Trump. Following a brief disruption, the sites have come back online with the help of an Internet company based in St. Petersburg, Russia. …

12 Oct, 2020

Microsoft Uses Trademark Law to Disrupt Trickbot Botnet

Cybersecurity Ransomware, 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 used to spread ransomware. A court in Virginia granted Microsoft control over many Internet servers Trickbot uses to plunder infected systems, based on novel claims that the crime machine abused the software giant’s trademarks. However, it appears the operation has not completely disabled the botnet. …

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