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Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks

Krebs on Security

Kislitsin is accused of hacking into the now-defunct social networking site Formspring in 2012, and conspiring with another Russian man convicted of stealing tens of millions of usernames and passwords from LinkedIn and Dropbox that same year. Nikita Kislitsin, at a security conference in Russia. prison system.

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Police Shutter Largest German-Speaking Criminal Marketplace

Data Breach Today

Crimenetwork, online since 2012, was used to sell stolen data, drugs and forged documents. Crimenetwork Served as a Platform for Illegal Goods and Services German police arrested the suspected administrator of the largest German-speaking underground markets for illegal goods and services.

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Horde Webmail Software is affected by a dangerous bug since 2012

Security Affairs

The bug affects all the versions since the commit that took place on 30 Nov 2012. The post Horde Webmail Software is affected by a dangerous bug since 2012 appeared first on Security Affairs. .” The vulnerability discovered by Sonarsource is a stored XSS vulnerability that was introduced with the commit 325a7ae , 9 years ago.

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Authorities Bust Accused Seller of Widely Used RAT Malware

Data Breach Today

2 Men Arrested in Malta, Nigeria for Hawking Malware on Hacking Forums Since 2012 Federal authorities have seized internet domains and arrested two men in Malta and Nigeria who they say served as sales and customer service reps for a dark web business that sold RAT malware to cybercriminals over a 12-year period, leading to the "takeover and infection (..)

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Authorities Take Down Seller of Widely Used RAT Malware

Data Breach Today

2 Men Arrested in Malta, Nigeria for Hawking Malware on Hacking Forums Since 2012 Federal authorities have seized internet domains and arrested two men in Malta and Nigeria who they say served as sales and customer service reps for a dark web business that sold RAT malware to cybercriminals over a 12-year period, leading to the "takeover and infection (..)

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Who Stole 3.6M Tax Records from South Carolina?

Krebs on Security

For nearly a dozen years, residents of South Carolina have been kept in the dark by state and federal investigators over who was responsible for hacking into the state’s revenue department in 2012 and stealing tax and bank account information for 3.6 13, 2012, after a state IT contractor clicked a malicious link in an email.

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Who’s Behind the NetWire Remote Access Trojan?

Krebs on Security

A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire , a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. NetWire has been sold openly on the same website since 2012: worldwiredlabs[.]com. org , also registered in 2012.

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