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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

This post is a deep dive on “ Megatraffer ,” a veteran Russian hacker who has practically cornered the underground market for malware focused code-signing certificates since 2015. In November 2009, Fitis wrote, “I am the perfect criminal. One of Megatraffer’s ads on an English-language cybercrime forum.

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CVS Sued for Alleged Privacy Violations

Hunton Privacy

The letters encouraged the physicians to prescribe drugs made by pharmaceutical manufacturers, who paid CVS to send them. This purported disclosure of PHI would violate the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s prohibitions against disclosing PHI for marketing purposes without an individual’s authorization. In 2009, CVS paid $2.25

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