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Estonian National charged with helping Russia acquire U.S. hacking tools and electronics

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made electronics on behalf of the Russian government and military. The Estonian man is accused of having helped the Russian government and military to purchase US-made electronics and hacking tools. manufacturers on behalf of Russian end-users, including defense contractors and other Russian government agencies.

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Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach, media blame China-linked APT

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Mitsubishi Electric had also already notified members of the Japanese government and Ministry of Defense. “An internal survey found that computers and servers at headquarters and major sites were subject to numerous unauthorized accesses.” ” reported the Asahi Shimbun. ” reported the Asahi Shimbun.

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Analyzing the APT34’s Jason project

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which according to Microsoft documentation dates back to 2012. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. I do have a MD in computer engineering and a PhD on computer security from University of Bologna. The attacker used an old version of Microsoft.Exchange.WebService.dll tagged as 15.0.0.0

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RedTorch Formed from Ashes of Norse Corp.

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Flushed with venture capital funding in 2012, Norse’s founders started hiring dozens of talented cybersecurity professionals. Been active on computers since 7 years old, back in mid-80’s and have pioneered many facets of the internet and cyber security market we know today.

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Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

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Now, after more than seven years in prison Hieupc is back in his home country and hoping to convince other would-be cybercrooks to use their computer skills for good. prison system and deported back to Vietnam, Ngo is currently finishing up a mandatory three-week COVID-19 quarantine at a government-run facility. Secret Service.

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Feds Charge Three in Mass Seizure of Attack-for-hire Services

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” Another important distinction between this week’s coordinated action and past booter site takedowns was that the government actually tested each service it dismantled to validate claims about attack firepower and to learn more about how each service conducted assaults. ” DOWN THEM ALL.

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The evolutions of APT28 attacks

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According to the many analyses made by Unit42 (available HERE ), FireEye ( HERE , HERE ) and TALOS ( HERE , HERE ) we might agree that APT28 has been very active (or at least very “spotted”) during the time frame between 2012 to 2019. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background.