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‘Starkiller’ Phishing Service Proxies Real Login Pages, MFA
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‘Starkiller’ Phishing Service Proxies Real Login Pages, MFA

Most phishing websites are little more than static copies of login pages for popular online destinations, and they are often quickly taken down by anti-abuse activists and security firms. But a stealthy new phishing-as-a-service offering lets customers sidestep both of…

Krebs on SecurityFeb 20, 20264m9
Kimwolf Botnet Swamps Anonymity Network I2P
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Kimwolf Botnet Swamps Anonymity Network I2P

For the past week, the massive "Internet of Things" (IoT) botnet known as Kimwolf has been disrupting the The Invisible Internet Project (I2P), a decentralized, encrypted communications network designed to anonymize and secure online communications. I2P users started reporting disruptions…

Krebs on SecurityFeb 11, 20265m9
Patch Tuesday, February 2026 Edition
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Patch Tuesday, February 2026 Edition

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 50 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including patches for a whopping six "zero-day" vulnerabilities that attackers are already exploiting in the wild.

Krebs on SecurityFeb 10, 20263m9
Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters
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Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters

A prolific data ransom gang that calls itself Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) has a distinctive playbook when it seeks to extort payment from victim firms: Harassing, threatening and even swatting executives and their families, all while notifying journalists and regulators…

Krebs on SecurityFeb 2, 20267m8
Who Operates the Badbox 2.0 Botnet?
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Who Operates the Badbox 2.0 Botnet?

The cybercriminals in control of Kimwolf -- a disruptive botnet that has infected more than 2 million devices -- recently shared a screenshot indicating they'd compromised the control panel for Badbox 2.0, a vast China-based botnet powered by malicious software…

Krebs on SecurityJan 26, 20268m9
Kimwolf Botnet Lurking in Corporate, Govt. Networks
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Kimwolf Botnet Lurking in Corporate, Govt. Networks

A new Internet-of-Things botnet called Kimwolf has spread to more than 2 million devices, forcing infected systems to participate in massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and to relay other malicious and abusive Internet traffic. Kimwolf's ability to scan the local…

Krebs on SecurityJan 20, 20266m9
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Patch Tuesday, January 2026 Edition

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Patch Tuesday, January 2026 Edition

Microsoft today issued patches to plug at least 113 security holes in its various Windows operating systems and supported software. Eight of the vulnerabilities earned Microsoft's most-dire "critical" rating, and the company warns that attackers are already exploiting one of…

Krebs on SecurityJan 14, 20265m9
Who Benefited from the Aisuru and Kimwolf Botnets?
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Who Benefited from the Aisuru and Kimwolf Botnets?

Our first story of 2026 revealed how a destructive new botnet called Kimwolf rapidly grew to infect more than two million devices by mass-compromising a vast number of unofficial Android TV streaming boxes. Today, we'll dig through digital clues left…

Krebs on SecurityJan 8, 202610m9