Payroll/HR Giant PrismHR Hit by Ransomware?
The latest from Brian Krebs…: PrismHR, a company that sells technology used by other firms to help more than 80,000 small businesses manage payroll, benefits, and human resources, has suffered […]
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Microsoft: Chinese Cyberspies Used 4 Exchange Server Flaws to Plunder Emails
The latest from Brian Krebs…: Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to plug four security holes that attackers have been using to plunder email communications at companies that use its […]
Is Your Browser Extension a Botnet Backdoor?
The latest from Brian Krebs…: A company that rents out access to more than 10 million Web browsers so that clients can hide their true Internet addresses has built its […]
How $100M in Jobless Claims Went to Inmates
A look at a “nice little earner” for prisoners…: The U.S. Labor Department’s inspector general said this week that roughly $100 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims were paid in […]
Checkout Skimmers Powered by Chip Cards
Time for the US to go contactless?…: Easily the most sophisticated skimming devices made for hacking terminals at retail self-checkout lanes are a new breed of PIN pad overlay combined […]
Mariposa Botnet Author, Darkcode Crime Forum Admin Arrested in Germany
A Slovenian man convicted of authoring the destructive and once-prolific Mariposa botnet and running the infamous Darkode cybercrime forum has been arrested in Germany on request from prosecutors in the United States, […]
German Cops Raid “Cyberbunker 2.0,” Arrest 7 in Child Porn, Dark Web Market Sting
German authorities said Friday they’d arrested seven people and were investigating six more in connection with the raid of a Dark Web hosting operation that allegedly supported multiple child porn, […]
MyPayrollHR CEO Arrested, Admits to $70M Fraud
Earlier this month, employees at more than 1,000 companies saw one or two paycheck’s worth of funds deducted from their bank accounts after the CEO of their cloud payroll provider […]
Interview With the Guy Who Tried to Frame Me for Heroin Possession
In April 2013, I received via U.S. mail more than a gram of pure heroin as part of a scheme to get me arrested for drug possession. But the plan […]
Before He Spammed You, this Sly Prince Stalked Your Mailbox
A reader forwarded what he briefly imagined might be a bold, if potentially costly, innovation on the old Nigerian prince scam that asks for help squirreling away millions in unclaimed […]