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Hacked Data Broker Accounts Fueled Phony COVID Loans, Unemployment Claims

Krebs on Security

The source, who asked not to be identified in this story, said he’s been monitoring the group’s communications for several weeks and sharing the information with state and federal authorities in a bid to disrupt their fraudulent activity. “We are communicating with law enforcement about it,” he said.

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Emissary Panda updated its weapons for attacks in the past 2 years

Security Affairs

In 2018, Emissary Panda was observed using an updated version of the ZxShell RAT first developed in 2006 and whom code was released in 2007. “This Gh0st RAT sample communicated with IP address 43 [. ] “ SysUpdate Main employs HTTP communications and uses the hard-coded User-Agent “Mozilla/5.0 Windows NT 6.3;

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US DoJ indicts Chinese hackers over state-sponsored cyber espionage

Security Affairs

According to the indictment , the alleged hackers targeted more than 45 companies and government agencies from 2006 to 2018 and stole “hundreds of gigabytes” of sensitive data and personal information from its targets. The APT10 Group stole hundreds of gigabytes of sensitive data and information from the victims’ computer systems.

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Critical zero-days discovered in VxWorks RTOS, billions of devices at risk

Security Affairs

. “The wide range of affected versions spanning over the last 13 years is a rare occurrence in the cyber arena and is the result of VxWorks’ relative obscurity in the research community. The experts also described three attack scenarios that differ from the position of the attacker and the targeted vulnerable device. .”

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

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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Terry Kendrick helps libraries achieve their marketing, communications and engagement goals

CILIP

Whether it is raising awareness of resources, increasing library use or demonstrating value, this book will help libraries from all sectors achieve their goals, communicate their benefits and present a clear and consistent image. Terry is a CILIP Onsite trainer, presenting a number of tailored programmes for organisations.

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SAML: Still Going Strong After Two Decades

eSecurity Planet

SAML is an open standard facilitating the communication and verification of credentials between identity providers and service providers for users everywhere. SAML is the federated authentication and authorization process in this split of responsibilities, simplifying communication between parties. to broad appeal. OAuth vs SAML.