Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks
Nikita Kislitsin, formerly the head of network security for one of Russia's top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. Department of ...
The Benefits of Using LinkedIn Audio Events for Your Next MSP Event
While you can’t replace face-to-face networking, virtual events are a great option and may even be a better alternative, particularlyRead More The post The Benefits of Using LinkedIn Audio Events for Your ...
Battle with Bots Prompts Mass Purge of Amazon, Apple Employee Accounts on LinkedIn
On October 10, 2022, there were 576,562 LinkedIn accounts that listed their current employer as Apple Inc. The next day, half of those profiles no longer existed. A similarly dramatic drop in ...
Uber Breach Guilty Verdict, Mandatory Password Expiration, Fake Executive Profiles on LinkedIn
Former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan was found guilty of obstructing a federal investigation in connection with the attempted cover-up of a 2016 hack at Uber, NIST and Microsoft say that mandatory password ...
Warning: N. Korean Job Scams Push Trojans via LinkedIn
Hey, hey, DPRK, how many people will you scam today? ...
Fake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s
Someone has recently created a large number of fake LinkedIn profiles for Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) roles at some of the world’s largest corporations. It’s not clear who’s behind this network ...
Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police
When KrebsOnSecurity last month explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) from social media and technology providers, many security experts ...
Russia’s Efforts to Control the Flow of Information at Home Shows the Limits of Censorship in the Digital Age
Erecting Russia’s digital iron curtain As its war against Ukraine rages on, Russia is attempting to block, throttle, fine, and/or censor nearly all “Western” social media platforms, as well as other key ...
An Elaborate Employment Con in the Internet Age
The story is an old one, but the tech gives it a bunch of new twists: Gemma Brett, a 27-year-old designer from west London, had only been working at Madbird for two ...
How Phishers Are Slinking Their Links Into LinkedIn
If you received a link to LinkedIn.com via email, SMS or instant message, would you click it? Spammers, phishers and other ne'er-do-wells are hoping you will, because they've long taken advantage of ...
