Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out
Krebs on Securityby BrianKrebs10d ago
It can be daunting to determine who’s responsible for showing ads on the websites we visit, or who’s harvesting data from the mobile apps we use every day.
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top 36%Microsoft Plugs Nearly 400 Security Holes
Krebs on Securityby BrianKrebs12d ago
Microsoft today released updates to remedy at least 398 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including one weakness that is already being actively...
Canadian Man Pleads Guilty in Snowflake Extortions
Krebs on Securityby BrianKrebs18d ago
A 26-year-old Canadian man once described as one of the most consequential cybercrime threat actors of 2024 has pleaded guilty to computer fraud and conspiracy to hack and extort more than 165...
Read This Before You Buy That TV Streaming Stick
Krebs on Securityby BrianKrebs25d ago
Security experts have been sounding the alarm for years about the risks of using generic TV boxes that promise unlimited content streaming for a one-time fee, warning that they secretly rent the...
LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps
Krebs on Securityby BrianKrebs22 Jul 2026
The home appliance giant LG Electronics USA said this week it plans to suspend any apps built for its smart TVs that turn one’s television into an always-on residential proxy node.
Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws
Krebs on Securityby BrianKrebs14 Jul 2026
Microsoft Corp. today released software updates to plug at least 570 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, almost triple the number of vulnerabilities the software...
Lessons Learned from CISA’s Recent GitHub Leak
Krebs on Securityby BrianKrebs13 Jul 2026
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a postmortem on a recent data leak in which a contractor published dozens of internal CISA credentials — including AWS...
Felons, Fraudsters Flog Offensive Cybersecurity Startup
Krebs on Securityby BrianKrebs8 Jul 2026
A cybersecurity startup dangling millions of dollars to acquire zero-day security vulnerabilities in popular software is run by a pair of far-right conspiracy theorists and convicted felons whose...
FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnet
Krebs on Securityby BrianKrebs2 Jul 2026
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said today it worked with industry partners to seize hundreds of domains associated with NetNut, a sprawling residential proxy service operated by the...