Affiliates Flock to ‘Soulless’ Scam Gambling Machine ​

Affiliates Flock to ‘Soulless’ Scam Gambling Machine ​

Read More  Last month, KrebsOnSecurity tracked the sudden emergence of hundreds of polished online gaming and wagering websites that lure people with free credits and eventually abscond with any cryptocurrency funds deposited by players. We’ve since learned that these...
DSLRoot, Proxies, and the Threat of ‘Legal Botnets’ ​

DSLRoot, Proxies, and the Threat of ‘Legal Botnets’ ​

Read More  The cybersecurity community on Reddit responded in disbelief this month when a self-described Air National Guard member with top secret security clearance began questioning the arrangement they’d made with company called DSLRoot, which was paying $250 a...
SIM-Swapper, Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years ​

SIM-Swapper, Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years ​

Read More  A 20-year-old Florida man at the center of a prolific cybercrime group known as “Scattered Spider” was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today, and ordered to pay roughly $13 million in restitution to victims. Noah Michael Urban of Palm Coast, Fla....
Oregon Man Charged in ‘Rapper Bot’ DDoS Service ​

Oregon Man Charged in ‘Rapper Bot’ DDoS Service ​

Read More  A 22-year-old Oregon man has been arrested on suspicion of operating “Rapper Bot,” a massive botnet used to power a service for launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against targets — including a March 2025 DDoS that knocked Twitter/X...