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Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running People-Search Networks

March 22, 2024 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, dimitiri shelest, firefox, firefox monitor, haveibeenpwned, haveibeenpwned.com, Mozilla Foundation, mozilla monitor, Ne'er-Do-Well News, nuwber, onerep, spamit, troy hunt, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 19:02:41 +0000

The nonprofit organization that supports the Firefox web browser said today it is winding down its new partnership with Onerep, an identity protection service recently bundled with Firefox that offers to remove users from hundreds of people-search sites. The move comes just days after a report by KrebsOnSecurity forced Onerep’s CEO to admit that he has founded dozens of people-search networks over the years.

Independent Krebs Security

Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

January 13, 2024 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, ad1@safe-mail.net, alexander valerievich grichishkin, andrey skvortsov, Breadcrumbs, cherepovets, constella intelligence, duanesburg central school district, grichishkin@gmail.com, icami$, icamis, icamis@4host.info, ika, jabberzeus, nameservers.ru, rescator, sal, salomon, spamdot, spamit, tech@safe-mail.net

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:57:55 +0000

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. All four pleaded guilty to conspiracy and racketeering charges. But there is a fascinating and untold backstory behind the two Russian men involved, who co-ran Russia’s most popular spam forum for years.

Independent Krebs Security

Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

June 1, 2023 0 Comments 165540027, 774748@gmail.com, akafitis@gmail.com, Breadcrumbs, code-signing certificates, constella intelligence, domaintools.com, featar24, fitis, flashpoint, glavmed, intel 471, konstantin evgenievich fetisov, megatraffer, Ne'er-Do-Well News, o.r.z., spamit, spampage@yandex.ru

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:15:34 +0000

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. Both of these qualities make stolen or ill-gotten code-signing certificates attractive to cybercriminal groups, who prize their ability to add stealth and longevity to malicious software. This post is a deep dive on “Megatraffer,” a veteran Russian hacker who has practically cornered the underground market for malware focused code-signing certificates since 2015.