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Turla APT used two new backdoors to infiltrate a European ministry of foreign affairs

Security Affairs

The Turla APT group (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ) has been active since at least 2004 targeting diplomatic and government organizations and private businesses in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and former Soviet bloc nations. ” reads the report published by ESET.

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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. Also, it was common for Icamis to reply when Spamdot members communicated a request or complaint to Sal, and vice versa. It states that the yearbook for the Amtek class of 2004 is hosted at 41.wmpay[.]com.

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Kazakhstan wants to intercept all HTTPS Internet traffic of its citizens

Security Affairs

The certificates are issued in compliance with the Law on Communications 2004 passed in November 2015. Bad news for citizens of Kazakhstan, the government is beginning to intercept all the encrypted traffic, and to do it, it is forcing them to install a certificate. ” states Tele2. ” states Tele2. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Russia-linked Turla APT targets Austria, Estonia, and NATO platform

Security Affairs

The Turla APT group (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ) has been active since at least 2004 targeting diplomatic and government organizations and private businesses in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and former Soviet bloc nations. Researchers from SEKOIA.IO

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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

Krebs on Security

Severa was a moderator on the Russian spam community Spamdot[.]biz. In this paid ad from 2004, Severa lists prices to rent his spam botnet. Junk email campaigns touting employment or “money mule” scams cost $300 per million, and phishing emails could be blasted out through Severa’s botnet for the bargain price of $500 per million.

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Cybersecurity Training and Tech Aren’t Enough; ‘Culture Change’ Needed

eSecurity Planet

In 2004, the global cybersecurity market was worth just $3.5 Improving Cybersecurity Communication and Metrics. Carpenter revealed a simple formula that describes the basic flow of executive communication and is designed to improve every cybersecurity message. billion,” said Steve Morgan, founder of Cybersecurity Ventures.

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Britain’s information commissioner fines British Airways for 2018 Hack

Security Affairs

“The ICO has specific responsibilities set out in the Data Protection Act 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. This is the largest fine the British ICO has ever issued.

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