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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

2016 sales thread on Exploit. Prior to that, akafitis@gmail.com was used as the email address for the account “ Fitis ,” which was active on Exploit between September 2006 and May 2007. “Why do I need a certificate?” ” Megatraffer asked rhetorically in their Jan. user account — this one on Verified[.]ru

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French court indicted Nexa Technologies for complicity in acts of torture

Security Affairs

The complaint refers to the revelation made by the magazine Télérama that reported the sale in March 2014 of “a listening system at 10 million euros to fight – officially – against the Muslim Brotherhood” , the Islamist opposition in Egypt. “In short, Cerebro can suck up any data that is not encrypted.

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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. Image: maps.google.com Still, other clues suggested Icamis and Sal were two separate individuals.

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Canadian Police Raid ‘Orcus RAT’ Author

Krebs on Security

Still other unbidden communications from Rezvesz were friendly, even helpful with timely news tips. In June 2018, Rezvesz shared court documents indicating he has been involved in multiple physical assault charges since 2007, including “7 domestic disputes between partners as well as incidents with his parents.”

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Content Marketing And the New Mainstream

John Battelle's Searchblog

The HBR post notes “Nine out of ten organizations are now marketing with content – that is, going beyond the traditional sales pitches and instead enhancing brands by publishing (or passing along) relevant information, ideas, and entertainment that customers will value. Back in 2007 (!) This movie is about to open!

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

since Q3 of 2007. This is the same trick business professionals might use to secure a sale (i.e. FOMO is a powerful emotion to exploit, and when dealing with these sorts of communications, it’s often best to delete them without reading if you have even the slightest doubt that the sender isn’t legitimate. Business targets.

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Autonomy CEO: Web 2.0 'under all the hype, there is something there.' | ZDNet

Collaboration 2.0

in the enterprise, making some very cogent points: …the issue of varying values of information that Andrew Keen brings up in his 2007 book The Cult of the Amateur may be worrying in a consumer context but potentially fatal in an enterprise that makes aircraft or medical equipment, for example. Mike explores the lure of Web 2.0

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