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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

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. ” We are glad to present you our services! From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a

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Snowden Ten Years Later

Schneier on Security

I fly a lot—a quarter of a million miles per year—and being put on a TSA list, or being detained at the US border and having my electronics confiscated, would be a major problem. So would the FBI breaking into my home and seizing my personal electronics. The meeting presenters try to spice things up. Very probably.

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MartyMcFly Malware: new Cyber-Espionage Campaign targeting Italian Naval Industry

Security Affairs

The victim was one of the most important leaders in the field of security and defensive military grade Naval ecosystem in Italy. The analyzed email presented two attachments to the victim: A company profile, aiming to present the company who was asking for spare parts. About the author: Marco Ramilli, Founder of Yoroi.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Aerospace

ForAllSecure

Steve Luczynski and Matt Mayes join The Hacker Mind to talk about the importance of getting hackers, vendors, and the government to get together and work through problems. CBS: A computer security researcher was kept off a plane for suggesting on social media that he could hack into the planes control system. Here’s CBS news.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: A Hacker From Hollywood

ForAllSecure

The actress was also responsible for developing the underlying technology that is present today in Wi Fi and Bluetooth. He told her he really wanted to create faster planes so that he could sell them to the US military. A short time later, they completed their design and presented it to the US Patent Office.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. ” The employees who kept things running for RSOCKS, circa 2016.

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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

Through public and commercial development of advanced encryption methods, organizations from sensitive government agencies to enterprise companies can ensure protected communications between personnel, devices, and global offices. Before computer science, two individuals could use an identical key to unlock a shared mailbox or gate.