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September 29, 2021

The Rise of One-Time Password Interception Bots

This post was originally published on this siteIn February, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about a novel cybercrime service that helped attackers intercept the one-time passwords (OTPs) that many websites require as a second authentication factor in addition to passwords. That service quickly went offline, but new research reveals a number of competitors have since launched bot-based services that make it relatively easy for crooks to phish OTPs from targets. An ad for the OTP interception service/bot “SMSRanger.” Many websites now require users to supply both a password and a numeric code/OTP token sent via text message, or one generated by mobile apps […]
November 28, 2023

ID Theft Service Resold Access to USInfoSearch Data

This post was originally published on this siteOne of the cybercrime underground’s more active sellers of Social Security numbers, background and credit reports has been pulling data from hacked accounts at the U.S. consumer data broker USinfoSearch, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Since at least February 2023, a service advertised on Telegram called USiSLookups has operated an automated bot that allows anyone to look up the SSN or background report on virtually any American. For prices ranging from $8 to $40 and payable via virtual currency, the bot will return detailed consumer background reports automatically in just a few moments. USiSLookups is […]