B.A. in International Relations, George Mason University, 1994
Occupation(s)
Security journalist Investigative reporter
Organization
The Washington Post (1995–2009)
Known for
Coverage of profit-seeking cybercriminals
Website
krebsonsecurity.com
Brian Krebs (born 1972) is an American journalist and investigative reporter. He is best known for his coverage of profit-seeking cybercriminals.[1] Krebs is the author of a daily blog, KrebsOnSecurity.com, covering computer security and cybercrime. From 1995 to 2009, Krebs was a reporter for The Washington Post and covered tech policy, privacy and computer security as well as authoring the Security Fix blog.
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BrianKrebs (born 1972) is an American journalist and investigative reporter. He is best known for his coverage of profit-seeking cybercriminals. Krebs...
GPL-licensed code was released eventually. It was reported by online reporter BrianKrebs, on June 15, 2015, that "Recently, researchers at the Fujitsu Security...
story by BrianKrebs describing the Jabber Zeus crew's theft of $415,000 from the government of Bullitt County, Kentucky. Shortly after, Krebs was contacted...
Look up Krebs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Krebs is the German and Danish word for "crab" and "cancer" (in German, both the zodiac sign and the...
names ssndob.ws, ssndob.vip, ssndob.club, and blackjob.biz. In 2013 BrianKrebs reported that SSNDOB, at the time using the domain ssndob.ru, was selling...
Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2014. BrianKrebs (21 November 2013). "Cupid Media hack exposes 42m passwords". Theage...
emergency situations where there is not time to get a subpoena. In 2022, BrianKrebs reported that emergency data requests were being spoofed by hackers to...
2016. Krebs, Brian (20 September 2016). "DDoS Mitigation Firm Has History of Hijacks". Krebs on Security. Retrieved 25 October 2021. Krebs, Brian. "Alleged...
swatting attempts that target the victim's address. Security reporter BrianKrebs recommends that police departments take extra care when responding to...
against victims of stalking and other domestic violence. In May 2015, BrianKrebs claimed that mSpy was hacked, leaking personal data for hundreds of thousands...
rebuilds the Joplin store. On September 2, 2014, security news reporter BrianKrebs reported that he was seeing evidence of credit card numbers linked to...
Spamhaus. The site has had an ongoing feud with security researcher BrianKrebs. In April 2014, various site users were attacked via the Heartbleed exploit...
charges related to the breach, which China has denied. In September 2017, BrianKrebs revealed that the Argentine arm of Equifax had left private data from...
extremely important", though this was questioned by security researcher BrianKrebs, who told the publication that "A prominent security researcher warned...
Author Pleads Guilty — Krebs on Security". 16 July 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2020. "Bug Bounty Hunter Ran ISP Doxing Service — Krebs on Security". 9 November...
were thought to possibly have had access from as early as October 2016. BrianKrebs reported that the breach affected all of Deloitte's email and administrative...
January 17, 2019. Krebs, Brian. "Extortionists Wipe Thousands of Databases, Victims Who Pay Up Get Stiffed". krebsonsecurity.com. BrianKrebs. Archived from...
"Ringing Up Big Charges For "Free" Tones". CBS News. February 22, 2008. BrianKrebs (May 19, 2008). "Most Spam Sites Tied to a Handful of Registrars". The...
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