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Romanian duo convicted of fraud Scheme infecting 400,000 computers

Security Affairs

The two men also advertised fraud using email accounts created using the stolen credentials on behalf of the victims, mined cryptocurrency and stole money and cryptocurrency through credit card fraud. The defendants would then steal account credentials. Sentencing is scheduled for August 24 before Chief Judge Patricia A.

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Vietnam-linked Bismuth APT leverages coin miners to stay under the radar

Security Affairs

” According to Microsoft, the APT group started using the crypto-mining malware to trick the defense staff of the targets into believing their attacks are not highly targeted intrusions. They also leveraged the Sysinternals DebugView tool, the McAfee on-demand scanner, and Microsoft Word 2007.” ” continues the report.

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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

” The government alleges the group monetized its illicit access by deploying ransomware and “ cryptojacking ” tools (using compromised systems to mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin). ” At the time of story, DaiLin was 28 years old.

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The Unattributable "db8151dd" Data Breach

Troy Hunt

It's about a data breach with almost 90GB of personal information in it across tens of millions of records - including mine. Arranged for carpenter apprentice Devon [redacted last name] to replace bathroom vanity top at [redacted street address], Vancouver, on 02 October 2007. It feels like a CRM.

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This is the old ChiefTech blog.: From ODBC to Mashing

ChiefTech

Tuesday, 5 June 2007 From ODBC to Mashing Mark Bower has written a couple of interesting posts about the origins of mashing, the first referencing a earlier post of mine about spreadsheets. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion.

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This is the old ChiefTech blog.: Enterprise Web 2.0 inside CSC

ChiefTech

Monday, 27 August 2007 Enterprise Web 2.0 experiences , its only fair I talk about mine: There are three enterprise level wiki experiments Im aware of at CSC (there could be more, and I believe there are some project or team related wikis around). Please seek advice for specific circumstances. and Enterprise Web 2.0

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

since Q3 of 2007. Cryptojacking , the practice of taking over a computer’s processes in order to mine cryptocurrency, is a popular method of blockchain-related fraud, often introduced via malicious links or by being directly installed on computers by someone with access. for individuals under 40. Business targets.