Tag Archives: Security

Cybersecurity firm Keeper Security has unveiled the latest tools designed for encrypted record access and sharing, featuring time-limited access and self-destructing records.

Privileged access permissions can be granted and forgotten, leaving user accounts with greater access than they should have and putting businesses at risk.

Ad blockers are a great way to make your browsing experience more relaxing. Ad blockers can be used to prevent popups, YouTube ads, and even banners on websites that advertise products. These ad blocking products help to prevent children from seeing adult content, block trackers, and maintain a cleaner browsing experience. 

42.7% of people worldwide use an ad blocker when browsing the internet, with most people using free software to block their ads as opposed to paying for premium versions. This article breaks down some of the most frequently asked questions about ad blockers? 

How Do Ad Blockers Work?

Ad blockers integrate with your web browser and use a set of filters in order to block certain content. These filters examine elements of each site you load and tell…

Roughly nine years ago, KrebsOnSecurity profiled a Pakistan-based cybercrime group called “The Manipulaters,” a sprawling web hosting network of phishing and spam delivery platforms. In January 2024, The Manipulaters pleaded with this author to unpublish previous stories about their work, claiming the group had turned over a new leaf and gone legitimate. But new research suggests that while they have improved the quality of their products and services, these nitwits still fail spectacularly at hiding their illegal activities.

In May 2015, KrebsOnSecurity published a brief writeup about the brazen Manipulaters team, noting that they openly operated hundreds of web sites selling tools designed to trick people into giving up usernames and passwords, or deploying malicious…

A picture is being shared widely online with false claims it shows plumes of smoke emanating from the headquarters of Ukraine’s security service in Kyiv after a missile attack by Russia.

A Facebook post sharing an image claiming to be of the headquarters says: “Breaking news: What hit the security headquarters of the SBU in Kiev?! All the important officers were inside‼”

However, this is not what the photograph circulating on Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter), depicts.

The image is actually a screenshot from a video showing a section of the evacuated port silos in Beirut, Lebanon, collapsing in August 2022 after a fire broke out on the site in July. 

This followed a huge explosion in the port in August 2020, involving thousands of tonnes of stored…