Affiliates Flock to âSoullessâ Scam Gambling Machine Last month, KrebsOnSecurity tracked the sudden emergence of hundreds of polished online gaming and wagering websites that lure people with free credits and eventually abscond with any cryptocurrency funds deposited by players. We've since learned that these scam gambling sites have proliferated thanks to a new Russian affiliate program called "Gambler Panel" that bills itself as a "soulless project that is made for profit." https://krebso.com/2025/08/affiliates-flock-to-soulless-scam-gambling-machine/
DSLRoot, Proxies, and the Threat of âLegal Botnetsâ The cybersecurity community on Reddit responded in disbelief this month when a self-described Air National Guard member with top secret security clearance began questioning the arrangement they'd made with company called DSLRoot, which was paying $250 a month to plug a pair of laptops into the Redditor's high-speed Internet connection in the United States. This post examines the history and provenance of DSLRoot, one of the oldest "residential proxy" networks with origins in Russia and Eastern Europe. https://krebso.com/2025/08/dslroot-proxies-and-the-threat-of-legal-botnets/
SIM-Swapper, Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years A 21-year-old Florida man at the center of a prolific cybercrime group known as "Scattered Spider" was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today, and ordered to pay roughly $13 million in restitution to victims. Noah Michael Urban of Palm Coast, Fla. pleaded guilty in April 2025 to charges of wire fraud and conspiracy. Florida prosecutors alleged Urban conspired with others to steal at least $800,000 from five victims via SIM-swapping attacks that diverted their mobile phone calls and text messages to devices controlled by Urban and his co-conspirators. https://krebso.com/2025/08/sim-swapper-scattered-spider-hacker-gets-10-years/
KrebsOnSecurity in New âMost Wantedâ HBO Max Series A new documentary series about cybercrime airing next month on HBO Max features interviews with Yours Truly. The four-part series follows the exploits of Julius Kivimäki, a prolific Finnish hacker recently convicted of leaking tens of thousands of patient records from an online psychotherapy practice while attempting to extort the clinic and its patients. https://krebso.com/2025/08/krebso-in-new-most-wanted-hbo-max-series/
Who Got Arrested in the Raid on the XSS Crime Forum? On July 22, 2025, the European police agency Europol said a long-running investigation led by the French Police resulted in the arrest of a 38-year-old administrator of XSS, a Russian-language cybercrime forum with more than 50,000 members. The action has triggered an ongoing frenzy of speculation and panic among XSS denizens about the identity of the unnamed suspect, but the consensus is that he is a pivotal figure in the crime forum scene who goes by the hacker handle "Toha." Here's a deep dive on what's knowable about Toha, and a short stab at who got nabbed. https://krebso.com/2025/08/who-got-arrested-in-the-raid-on-the-xss-crime-forum/
Scammers Unleash Flood of Slick Online Gaming Sites Fraudsters are flooding Discord and other social media platforms with ads for hundreds of polished online gaming and wagering websites that lure people with free credits and eventually abscond with any cryptocurrency funds deposited by players. Here's a closer look at the social engineering tactics and remarkable traits of this sprawling network of more than 1,200 scam sites. https://krebso.com/2025/07/scammers-unleash-flood-of-slick-online-gaming-sites/
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