Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Malware-based anonymity networks are a major source of unwanted and malicious web traffic directed at online retailers, Internet service providers (ISPs), social networks, email providers and financial institutions. md , and that they were a systems administrator for sscompany[.]net. form [sic] hackers on public networks.”

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

The information was offered for a private sale on the now-defunct hacking forum Breached, and it was later leaked in its entirety for free. One criminal gang said that it had targeted the organisation and encrypted its systems. More worryingly, the same database contained usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2005, Sony BMG delivered millions of CDs with a rootkit that monitored listening habits and unintentionally left a backdoor to the device for cybercriminals. RAM scraper malware, also known as Point-of-Sale (POS) malware , harvests data temporarily stored in a system’s memory, also known as random access memory (RAM).

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2024

Digital rights management (DRM) is an encryption technology that enforces creator’s rights. Digital rights management wraps digital data into an encrypted wrapper tied to a license that contains the rules for how the content may be used. The management software will also track encrypted file use and continuously enforce digital rights.

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