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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a Spamit), an invite-only community for Russian-speaking people in the businesses of sending spam and building botnets of infected computers to relay said spam. The Spamdot admins went by the nicknames Icamis (a.k.a.

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Capital One data breach: hacker accessed details of 106M customers before its arrest

Security Affairs

“A former Seattle technology company software engineer was arrested today on a criminal complaint charging computer fraud and abuse for an intrusion on the stored data of Capital One Financial Corporation, announced U.S. I commend our law enforcement partners who are doing all they can to determine the status of the data and secure it.”

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This is the old ChiefTech blog.: Why aren't we getting enterprise RSS yet?

ChiefTech

I think this comment points at a symptom of why the adoption of enterprise RSS is so slow - and that is RSS is still very much misunderstood by the corporate computing world, Gartner included. And enterprise RSS ecosystems like that from Attensa are secure, accessible and easy to manage. Without having to work so hard at it.

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GUEST ESSAY. Everyone should grasp these facts about cyber threats that plague digital commerce

The Last Watchdog

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. Related: Companies must bear a broad security burden. Unfortunately, this could be your computer trying to give away the presence of malware. Warning signs. All of these could be typical signs of malware.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking High-Tech Cars

ForAllSecure

Often the tiny flashing light on the dashboard also alerts would-be criminals that the car is protected by the latest form of anti theft security. A sophisticated set of encryption and electronics is at work inside the vehicle. Just because it has all the bells and whistles doesn’t necessarily mean it’s secure.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Security enthusiast and Linux evangelist Binni Shah consistently offers valuable tutorials, guides, and insights for the cybersecurity community. Binni Shah | @binitamshah.

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A short history of intranets and what's next with social, mobile and cloud

ChiefTech

However, they had no intention of implementing any kind of sophisticated security or access control system. Because Web browsers run on any type of computer, the same electronic information can be viewed by any employee. What is an intranet? One of an intranet's most obvious virtues is its ability to slash the need for paper.

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