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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

Code-signing certificates are supposed to help authenticate the identity of software publishers, and provide cryptographic assurance that a signed piece of software has not been altered or tampered with. 2016 sales thread on Exploit. ru , which DomainTools.com says was registered in 2005 to a Konstantin E. Image: Archive.org.

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

The Last Watchdog

A common type of spyware is a RAM scraper that attacks the storage (RAM) of electronic point-of-sale (POS) devices to scrap customers’ credit card information. Single Sign-on (SSO) and Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) mechanisms are implemented to protect against keylogging. •In NotPetya shook the entire world in June 2017.