Neowin News Feed for: Krebsonsecurity

U.S. company Government Payment Service compromises over 14 million customer records

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 21:38:01 +0000

Government Payment Service, a U.S. company used by state and local governments for fine and bail payments, has reportedly compromised more than 14 million sensitive user records dating back to 2012. Read more...

Cybercriminal gets prison sentence over data theft and attempt to send heroin to Brian Krebs

Justin Luna — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 14:04:48 +0000

A malware operator named Sergey Vovnenko was recently sentenced to 41 months in prison after managing a malware botnet that was able to infect computers, whose data were stolen and sold online. Read more...

Security researcher Brian Krebs believes to have discovered who created the Mirai botnet

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:02:01 +0000

Brian Krebs has been investigating for months how the Mirai botnet came to be and who's behind the infamous distributed denial of service attacks from last year. Now he thinks he has answers. Read more...

Hacker publicly releases 'Mirai' code, which was responsible for the largest DDoS attack

Justin Luna — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 15:20:01 +0000

The source code for what is known today for launching the biggest DDoS attack has been publicly released. The disclosure spread fear among website owners, as anyone could be the next victim. Read more...

Attackers shut down 'Krebs on Security' site with over 620 gigabit per second of traffic

Christopher White — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 04:28:01 +0000

Unknown attackers launched a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against the Krebs on Security site, hitting it with over 620Gbps over a sustained period. Akamai shut the site down. Read more...

Brian Krebs talks hacker customer service, call centers, and more at Secure360

Christopher White — Wed, 18 May 2016 08:32:01 +0000

Today at the Secure360 conference in Minnesota, Brian Krebs shared his thoughts on enterprise security, both current as well as what he sees for the future of the industry. Read more...