Krebs on Security

JULY 20, 2021

In 2010, Microsoft — in tandem with a number of security researchers — launched a combined technical and legal sneak attack on the Waledac botnet, successfully dismantling it. The government argued that under U.S. Levashov was arrested in 2017 while in Barcelona, Spain with his family. I will die in a year.”

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2021

A 31-year-old Canadian man has been arrested and charged with fraud in connection with numerous ransomware attacks against businesses, government agencies and private citizens throughout Canada and the United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) contacted them regarding ransomware attacks that were based in Canada.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Through his connections to the Yanukovych family, Tank was able to establish contact with key insiders in top tiers of the Ukrainian government, including law enforcement. Those sources also said Tank used his contacts to have the investigation into his crew moved to a different unit that was headed by his corrupt SBU contact.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

The government alleged that between December 2010 and September 2014, the defendants engaged in a conspiracy to identify or pay to identify blocks of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that were registered to others but which were otherwise inactive. .'”

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2019

Chinese Cyber-Spies Target Government Organizations in Middle East. Chinese APT group Emissary Panda has been targeting government organizations in two different countries in the Middle East. The Emissary Panda APT group has been active since 2010, targeted organizations worldwide, including U.S.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

government online. It was clear most readers had no idea these new and more invasive requirements were being put in place at the IRS and other federal agencies (the Social Security Administration also is steering new signups to ID.me). to commercialize what should be a core government service.” ”

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Data Protection Report

JULY 26, 2024

The PDP Bill, which had been under review by the Malaysian Government for some years, introduces significant changes to Malaysia’s Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (the Malaysian PDPA ), aimed at aligning the Malaysian approach more closely with international data protection regimes.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

A British court has rejected the request of the US government to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the country. government will likely appeal the decision. He published thousands of classified diplomatic and military documents on WikiLeaks in 2010. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Julian Assange).

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Back in 2015, a security researcher decided to make that very point when he claimed to have hacked a plane , accessed the thrust system, and made it fly higher than intended. In 2019, a cybersecurity firm demonstrated security risks that could allow an attacker to disrupt engine readings and altitude on an aircraft.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin calling out Iran’s “robust cyber program,” and cautioning everyone to be prepared for Iran to “conduct operations in the United States.” cyber ops capability is Stuxnet , the self-spreading Windows worm found insinuating itself through Iranian nuclear plants in 2010.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

companies and government entities. ” According to a 2016 story from Forbes.ru , Botnet’s opening scene was to depict the plight of Christina Svechinskaya , a Russian student arrested by FBI agents in September 2010. Christina Svechinskaya, a money mule hired by Bentley who was arrested by the FBI in 2010.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 28, 2019

They affect national security. All of those "consumer products" Barr wants access to are used by government officials -- heads of state, legislators, judges, military commanders and everyone else -- worldwide. They're critical to national security as well as personal security. Consumer devices are critical infrastructure.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

The government alleges Khoroshev created, sold and used the LockBit ransomware strain to personally extort more than $100 million from hundreds of victim organizations, and that LockBit as a group extorted roughly half a billion dollars over four years. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. Image: treasury.gov. On May 7, the U.S. Image: Shutterstock.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Interesting analysis of China’s efforts to identify US spies: By about 2010, two former CIA officials recalled, the Chinese security services had instituted a sophisticated travel intelligence program, developing databases that tracked flights and passenger lists for espionage purposes. intelligence agencies.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

For years, security experts — and indeed, many top cybercriminals in the Spamit affiliate program — have expressed the belief that Sal and Icamis were likely the same person using two different identities. But the identity and whereabouts of Icamis have remained a mystery to this author until recently.

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Collaboration 2.0

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Google unplugs Windows Google decides that a security invasion from China was the last straw and bans the use of. LinkedIn to IPO in 2010? By Oliver Marks | December 29, 2009, 12:36pm PST Summary Despite the claims from LinkedIn that an IPO isn’t imminent, I wouldn’t be surprised to see that happen in 2010.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2021

APT15 has been active since at least 2010, it conducted cyber espionage campaigns against targets worldwide in several industries, including defense, high tech, energy, government, aerospace, and manufacturing. ” reads the post published by Microsoft. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The BORN funded by the government of Ontario disclosed a data breach that impacts some 3.4 BORN Ontario hired cybersecurity experts to mitigate the threat, secure its infrastructure, and investigate the scope of the incident. Nuance launched an investigation into the incident with the help of cyber security experts and a law firm.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Alexander Hall’s internal investigation revealed that criminal hackers obtained the card details, addresses and private correspondences (including details of fees paid) of customers who had used its service before 2010. The post Foxtons estate agency leaked thousands of customers’ financial records appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The government also indicted and sanctioned a top Russian cybercriminal known as Taleon , whose cryptocurrency exchange Cryptex has evolved into one of Russia’s most active money laundering networks. Alex Holden is founder of the Milwaukee-based cybersecurity firm Hold Security.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Group is independent since June 2010 following the split with Accor. The company is reporting the incident to government regulators and authorities. The post Payment solutions giant Edenred announces malware infection appeared first on Security Affairs. Edenred is a French company specialized in prepaid corporate services.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

During a meeting of security chiefs of the Five Eyes alliance held in California, McCallum told BBC that the Chinese cyber espionage reached an epic scale. Chinese cyber espionage aims at obtaining commercial secrets and intellectual property to advantage the government of Beijing. ” reported BBC.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2021

This latest high-profile example of security sloppiness was uncovered by a team of white hat hackers led by Ata Hakçil. WizCase reached out to PeopleGIS and the S3 buckets in question have since been secured. Local governments are notoriously behind; is this just a local government problem? based PeopleGIS.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2024

He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He published thousands of classified diplomatic and military documents on WikiLeaks in 2010. Julian Assange is free after five years in Belmarsh prison, the WikiLeaks founder has been released in the U.K.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 4, 2023

government this week put a $10 million bounty on the head of a Russian man who for the past 18 years operated Try2Check , one of the cybercrime underground’s most trusted services for checking the validity of stolen credit card data. In 2017, U.S. According to cybersecurity firm Constella Intelligence , the address polkas@bk.ru

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2020

The media reported a fire at the Natanz nuclear enrichment site and an explosion at the Parchin military complex near Tehran, the latter is suspected to be a government center for the production of missiles. The Cheetahs group claimed to be dissident members of Iran’s security forces. following other recent explosions in the country.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2022

State television announced that Iran has foiled massive cyberattacks that targeted public services operated by both government and private organizations. Stuxnet is a malicious computer worm developed to target SCADA systems that were first uncovered in 2010, but researchers believe its development began at least in 2005. .

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

In the criminal complaint against Mann (PDF), a New York FBI agent said the CEO admitted that starting in 2010 or 2011 he began borrowing large sums of money from banks and financing companies under false pretenses. ” “Mann estimated that he fraudulently obtained about $70 million that he has not paid back. 1, 2019 to Aug.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2020

The Naikon APT group is a China-linked cyber espionage group that has been active at least since 2010 and that remained under the radar over the past five years while targeting entities in Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Please vote Security Affairs for European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS [link].

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Yakubets , who the government says went by the nicknames “ aqua ,” and “ aquamo ,” among others. What follows is an insider’s look at the back-end operations of this gang. Image: FBI. The $5 million reward is being offered for 32 year-old Maksim V. Here’s where it got interesting.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Google queries allowed Iran Government to dismantle the CIA communication network used by its agents and kill dozens of tens of spies. News the security breach has happened in 2009, the Iranian intelligence infiltrated a series of websites used by the CIA to communicate with agents worldwide, including Iran and China.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Naturally, database vendors are leading providers of database security tools, and a growing number of cloud-based database providers are moving deeper into the data security space. Security is paramount. Starting our list of the top database security vendors is the multinational cloud computing company, Alibaba Cloud.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 1, 2019

million to settle a legal dispute for selling vulnerable software to the US government. The case was filed in the Federal District Court for the Western District of New York and was handled under the False Claims Act, which specifically addresses fraud and misconduct in federal government contracts. Cisco is going to pay $8.6

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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. Cavanagh As a latecomer to the hyperscale data center market , Oracle focused on its heritage of helping large enterprise customers securely and efficiently run their mission critical systems and applications, Cavanagh told me. “We

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2020

Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 revealed that the US CIA has hacked Chinese organizations in various sectors for the last 11 years. Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 is accusing that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of having hacked Chinese organizations for the last 11 years. time zone.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2020

Cybercriminals have abused LED light control console to launch malicious attacks, Microsoft’s security experts warn. These hackers are targeting the government and the technology industry, trying to steal and leak confidential information and launch full information warfare campaigns,” Microsoft concludes. Pierluigi Paganini.

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