Security News

Hey Secret Service: Don't Plug Suspect USB Sticks into Random Computers
2019-04-09 11:54

I just noticed this bit from the incredibly weird story of the Chinese woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago: Secret Service agent Samuel Ivanovich, who interviewed Zhang on the day of her arrest,...

Secret Service busts online car sales crime ring
2019-02-11 11:49

They posed as military needing to offload cars before deployment, allegedly posting bogus ads on Craigslist, eBay, and AutoTrader.

Secret Service: Theft Rings Turn to Fuze Cards
2019-01-10 16:27

Street thieves who specialize in cashing out stolen credit and debit cards increasingly are hedging their chances of getting caught carrying multiple counterfeit cards by relying on Fuze Cards, a...

U.S. Secret Service Warns ID Thieves are Abusing USPS’s Mail Scanning Service
2018-11-08 07:28

A year ago, KrebsOnSecurity warned that "Informed Delivery," a new offering from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that lets residents view scanned images of all incoming mail, was likely to be...

Russia's Hackers Long Tied to Military, Secret Services
2018-10-07 16:48

During the Soviet era, the country's top computer scientists and programmers largely worked for the secret services. That practice appears to have resumed under President Vladimir Putin, as Russia...

Secret Service Warns of Surge in ATM ‘Wiretapping’ Attacks
2018-09-27 20:45

The U.S. Secret Service is warning financial institutions about a recent uptick in a form of ATM skimming that involves cutting cupcake-sized holes in a cash machine and then using a combination...

Crooks are swapping out chips on payment cards, says US Secret Service
2018-04-08 21:27

The crooks don't steal your whole card, which you'd probably notice, but just the chip from it...

Secret Service Warns of Chip Card Scheme
2018-04-05 15:50

The U.S. Secret Service is warning financial institutions about a new scam involving the temporary theft of chip-based debit cards issued to large corporations. In this scheme, the fraudsters...