CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms – Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs The data privacy company Onerep.com bills itself as a Virginia-based service for helping people remove their personal information from almost 200 people-search websites. However, an investigation into the history of...

Patch Tuesday, March 2024 Edition – Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs Apple and Microsoft recently released software updates to fix dozens of security holes in their operating systems. Microsoft today patched at least 60 vulnerabilities in its Windows OS. Meanwhile, Apple’s new macOS...

Incognito Darknet Market Mass-Extorts Buyers, Sellers – Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs Borrowing from the playbook of ransomware purveyors, the darknet narcotics bazaar Incognito Market has begun extorting all of its vendors and buyers, threatening to publish cryptocurrency transaction and chat records of...

A Close Up Look at the Consumer Data Broker Radaris – Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs If you live in the United States, the data broker Radaris likely knows a great deal about you, and they are happy to sell what they know to anyone. But how much do we know about Radaris? Publicly available data...

BlackCat Ransomware Group Implodes After Apparent $22M Payment by Change Healthcare – Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs There are indications that U.S. healthcare giant Change Healthcare has made a $22 million extortion payment to the infamous BlackCat ransomware group (a.k.a. “ALPHV“) as the company struggles to bring services back...

Fulton County, Security Experts Call LockBit’s Bluff – Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Source: krebsonsecurity.com – Author: BrianKrebs The ransomware group LockBit told officials with Fulton County, Ga. they could expect to see their internal documents published online this morning unless the county paid a ransom demand. LockBit removed Fulton County’s...