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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

This post is a deep dive on “ Megatraffer ,” a veteran Russian hacker who has practically cornered the underground market for malware focused code-signing certificates since 2015. One of Megatraffer’s ads on an English-language cybercrime forum. Intel 471 shows akafitis@gmail.com was used to register another O.R.Z.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Behavioral Biometrics

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: In my book, When Gadgets Betray Us , I talked with Dr. Neil Krawetz about keyboard analysis based on a presentation he gave at Black HAt in 2006. He said he was able to look at a chat log, and just on the basis of random typing, or drumming of random letters, he could determine a person’s handedness.