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June 6, 2016

Password Re-user? Get to Get Busy

This post was originally published on this siteIn the wake of megabreaches at some of the Internet’s most-recognized destinations, don’t be surprised if you receive password reset requests from numerous companies that didn’t experience a breach: Some big name companies — including Facebook and Netflix — are in the habit of combing through huge data leak troves for credentials that match those of their customers and then forcing a password reset for those users. Netflix sent out notices to customers who re-used their Netflix password at other sites that were hacked. This notice was shared by a reader who had re-used […]

June 7, 2022

KrebsOnSecurity in New Netflix Series on Cybercrime

This post was originally published on this siteNetflix has a new documentary series airing next week — “Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies & the Internet” — in which Yours Truly apparently has a decent amount of screen time. The debut episode explores the far-too-common harassment tactic of “swatting” — wherein fake bomb threats or hostage situations are phoned in to police as part of a scheme to trick them into visiting potentially deadly force on a target’s address. Image: Netflix.com The producers of the Netflix show said footage from an interview I sat for in early 2020 on swatting […]