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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

Icamis and Sal were in daily communications with these botmasters, via the Spamdot forum and private messages. Collectively in control over millions of spam-spewing zombies, those botmasters also continuously harvested passwords and other data from infected machines. Icamis promoted his services in 2003 — such as bulk-domains[.]info

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Rainbow Table Attacks and Cryptanalytic Defenses

eSecurity Planet

Rainbow table attacks are an older but still effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities. Rainbow table attacks are an effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities presenting inadequate privacy and security functionality. Moving Away from the Password.

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What is a Rainbow Table Attack and How Can You Prevent It?

eSecurity Planet

Rainbow table attacks are an older but still effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities. Rainbow table attacks are an effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities presenting inadequate privacy and security functionality. Moving Away from the Password.