Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

A 2006 document from the Snowden archives outlines successful NSA operations against "a number of "high potential" virtual private networks, including those of media organization Al Jazeera, the Iraqi military and internet service organizations, and a number of airline reservation systems.".

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Military Archiving IT 98

Krebs on Security

MARCH 26, 2020

In 2006, Stroganov and an associate Gerasim Silivanon (a.k.a. The post claimed that among those apprehended was the infamous cybercriminal Alexey Stroganov, who goes by the hacker names “Flint” and “Flint24.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Stolen data spans from 2006 and 2019, local media outlets have confirmed their authenticity. “The cybercriminals put up for sale for $ 800 a database of 50 million lines with the data of drivers that were registered in Moscow and the Moscow region from 2006 to 2019.

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Sales Insurance Analytics Authentication 120

DXC Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

You can argue over when cloud computing really began, but one good starting point is 2006 when then Google CEO Eric Schmidt said at a conference: “I don’t think people have really understood how big this opportunity really is. It starts with the premise that the data services and architecture should be on servers. We call […].

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

SolarWinds did not enable anti-exploit mitigation available since 2006 allowing threat actors to target SolarWinds Serv-U FTP software in July attacks. Software vendor SolarWinds did not enable ASLR anti-exploit mitigation that was available since the launch of Windows Vista in 2006, allowing the attackers to launch targeted attacks in July.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 17, 2022

“The Army Reserve started using CAC logon in May 2006,” Danberry wrote on his “About” page. His site has even been officially recommended by the Army (PDF). Mark shared emails showing Saicoo itself recommends militarycac.com. Image: Militarycac.com. I thought Why stop there?

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

In 2006, The Washington Post reported that a group of five men used stolen or illegally created accounts at LexisNexis subsidiaries to lookup SSNs and other personal information more than 310,000 individuals. Also in 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that ssndob[.]ms Dun & Bradstreet , and Kroll Background America Inc.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2017

In 2006, I wrote an essay titled " Refuse to be Terrorized." (I A Turkish Airlines flight made an emergency landing because someone named his wireless network (presumably from his smartphone) "bomb on board.". I am also reminded of my 2007 essay, " The War on the Unexpected."

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IT 89

Collaboration 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2024

The flaw endangers essentially all - yes, all - AMD processors made since 2006, but it threatens servers, data centers, and clouds more than the PC in front of you. Here's what you need to know and what you can do about it.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

From 2006 to 2012, Kislitsin was editor-in-chief of “ Hacker ,” a popular Russian-language monthly magazine that includes articles on information and network security, programming, and frequently features interviews with and articles penned by notable or wanted Russian hackers. “The company is monitoring developments.”

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John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 9, 2012

2006 Predictions. 2006 How I Did. Related: Predictions 2011. 2011: How I Did. Predictions 2010. 2010: How I Did. 2009 Predictions. 2009 How I Did. 2008 Predictions. 2008 How I Did. 2007 Predictions. 2007 How I Did. 2005 Predictions. 2005 How I Did. 2004 Predictions. 2004 How I Did.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 21, 2021

In April, media reported that Boris Johnson ‘s personal mobile phone number has been freely available on the internet for the past 15 years after it was published in a think tank press release in 2006, but never deleted. ” reported the DailyMail.

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Risk Security Government Access 145

The Guardian Data Protection

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Launched in 2006, 23andMe sells tests to determine consumers’ genetic ancestry and risk of developing certain illnesses, using saliva samples sent in by mail. Related: Your DNA is a valuable asset, so why give it to ancestry websites for free?

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Privacy Cybersecurity Risk IT 83

Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2024

The flaw was introduced with the fix for another vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2006-5051. Notably, over 0.14% of these vulnerable instances are running an End-Of-Life/End-Of-Support version of OpenSSH.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Prior to that, akafitis@gmail.com was used as the email address for the account “ Fitis ,” which was active on Exploit between September 2006 and May 2007. Intel 471 shows akafitis@gmail.com was used to register another O.R.Z. user account — this one on Verified[.]ru ru in 2008. account on Carder[.]su su from 2008.

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Healthcare Passwords Sales Ransomware 283

Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

Hupigon is a remote access Trojan (RAT) that has been active since at least 2006, it was first detected by FireEye in 2010. The malicious code employed in the attacks is the Hupigon RAT , a RAT previously spotted in campaigns carried out by China-linked APTs such as APT3 (aka TG-0100 , Buckeye , Gothic Panda , and UPS).

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Phishing Education Access Cybersecurity 133

Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 found that Internet address also was used to register the account “Nordex” on the Russian hacking forum Exploit back in 2006. That Bankir account was registered from the Internet address 193.27.237.66 Constella tracked another Bankir[.]com

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Marketing Passwords Government Military 275

The Guardian Data Protection

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Back in 2006, with half a million others aged between 40 and 69, I signed up to this magnificent project, the world’s most advanced genetic database. They took blood, saliva and urine, measured bone density and made notes on exercise, alcohol and family history, with social class, ethnicity, education, employment and income included.

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Education Sales Privacy IT 85

Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2022

The hack is the result of poor cyber security since its launch in 2006, administrator OSS said. Administrators of the website agreed to pay the ransom due to the low amount, but after receiving the ransom, the attackers never helped them to secure the website and on 11 January 2022 they leaked the data online.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 9, 2023

Amazon had introduced Amazon Web Services in 2006 and Microsoft Azure became commercially available in 2010. This ultimately resulted in the 2020 roll out of DigiCert ONE, a new platform of tools and services aimed at “embedding digital trust across the board within the enterprise and between all parts of the cloud ecosystem,” Chauhan says.

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Cloud Digital transformation Military Retail 195

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The Space Agency confirmed that the breach may impact NASA Civil Service employees on-boarded, separated from the agency, or transferred between centers from July 2006 to October 2018.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Security Cybersecurity Information Security 111

Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2022

CVE Number CVE Title Required Action Due Date CVE-2021-32648 October CMS Improper Authentication 2/1/2022 CVE-2021-21315 System Information Library for node.js

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Threatpost

APRIL 9, 2019

Flowershop, Equation, Flame and Duqu appear to have a hand in the different phases of Stuxnet development, all working as part of an operation active as early as 2006.

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Security 60

John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 3, 2011

2006 Predictions. 2006 How I Did. Let me know your thoughts in comments, and have a great 2011! Related: Predictions 2010. 2010 How I Did. 2009 Predictions. 2009 How I Did. 2008 Predictions. 2008 How I Did. 2007 Predictions. 2007 How I Did. 2005 Predictions. 2005 How I Did. 2004 Predictions. 2004 How I Did.

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Marketing Sales IT Privacy 109

Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

One of the domains registered in 2006 to the address unforgiven57@mail.ru According to DomainTools, the Unforgiven email address was used to register roughly a dozen domains, including three that were originally registered to Keren’s email address — pepyak@gmail.com (e.g., antivirusxp09[.]com). was thelib[.]ru

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e-Delivery Passwords Cybersecurity Sales 251

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2021

The flaws were present in the component since it was being developed in 2006. The Small Computer Systems Interface defined both a parallel I/O bus and a data protocol to connect a wide variety of peripherals (disk drives, tape drives, modems, printers, scanners, optical drives, test equipment, and medical devices) to a host computer.

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Security Risk Access IT 145

Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2020

Hupigon is a remote access Trojan (RAT) that has been active since at least 2006, it was first detected by FireEye in 2010. The malicious code employed in the attacks is the Hupigon RAT , a RAT previously spotted in campaigns carried out by China-linked APTs such as APT3 (aka TG-0100 , Buckeye , Gothic Panda , and UPS).

Phishing 109

Phishing Education Access Cybersecurity 109

John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 9, 2012

2006 Predictions. 2006 How I Did. Predictions 2011. 2011: How I Did. Predictions 2010. 2010: How I Did. 2009 Predictions. 2009 How I Did. 2008 Predictions. 2008 How I Did. 2007 Predictions. 2007 How I Did. 2005 Predictions. 2005 How I Did. 2004 Predictions. 2004 How I Did.

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IT Government 101

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Also we are running business since 2006.” When confronted about this, The Manipulaters founder Madih-ullah Riaz replied, “We do not deliberately host or allow any phishing or any other abusive website. Regarding phishing, whenever we receive complaint, we remove the services immediately. Image: Facebook.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

SAFE WEB Act of 2006 or through a Memorandum of Understanding. Appropriate enforcement of such mechanisms could be facilitated via an enforcement cooperation arrangement between the Indian DPA and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), along the lines of a bilateral enforcement cooperation agreement under the U.S.

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Digital transformation Personal data Privacy Government 111

John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 9, 2012

2006 Predictions. 2006 How I Did. Predictions 2011. 2011: How I Did. Predictions 2010. 2010: How I Did. 2009 Predictions. 2009 How I Did. 2008 Predictions. 2008 How I Did. 2007 Predictions. 2007 How I Did. 2005 Predictions. 2005 How I Did. 2004 Predictions. 2004 How I Did.

Marketing 76

Marketing IT 76

John Battelle's Searchblog

JANUARY 4, 2012

2006 Predictions. 2006 How I Did. Predictions 2011. 2011: How I Did. Predictions 2010. 2010: How I Did. 2009 Predictions. 2009 How I Did. 2008 Predictions. 2008 How I Did. 2007 Predictions. 2007 How I Did. 2005 Predictions. 2005 How I Did. 2004 Predictions. 2004 How I Did.

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Marketing IT 96

John Battelle's Searchblog

MARCH 15, 2012

It’s a summary of musings from Searchblog circa 2006-7 on the topic of conversational media, which is much in the news again, thanks to Facebook. I am in the midst of writing a post on the history of FM, and I thought it’d be fun to post the PDF linked to below.

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Paper IT 67

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked. The above-mentioned AIDS Trojan hailing from the distant pre-Internet era was the progenitor of the trend, but its real-world impact was close to zero.

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Ransomware Encryption Privacy Security awareness 243

Information Matters

AUGUST 27, 2024

The firm, founded in Zurich in 2006, Read more The post VC firm redalpine plans London office as it closes largest fund to date appeared first on Information Matters - AI in the UK. European venture capital firm redalpine has announced the closing of its largest fund to date, redalpine capital VII (RAC VII), at $200 million.

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IT 52

John Battelle's Searchblog

APRIL 2, 2012

He wrote the original Code in 1999, and updated it in 2006. The word Facebook is not in either version of the text. Just thought that a curious anecdote worth sharing.

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Education Access IT 103

John Battelle's Searchblog

MAY 26, 2012

In the band room last night, we got lucky – our guitarist, a wine lover, brought out a rare beast: a 2006 Patricia Eason Pinot. It’s quite obvious the winemaker (Jason Pahlmeyer) spent a lot of time in Spain. This wine comes from a four acre plot in Willemette, Oregon. It’s very rich for a Pinot and just wonderful to relish.

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IT 81