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Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

Krebs on Security

An ad for war.md, circa 2009. ru ) show that in 2009 he was a spammer who peddled knockoff prescription drugs via Rx-Promotion , once one of the largest pharmacy spam moneymaking programs for Russian-speaking affiliates. Neculiti was the owner of war[.]md Cached copies of DonChicho’s vanity domain ( donchicho[.]ru PEACE HOSTING?

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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. Penchukov) — fled his mandatory military service orders and was arrested in Geneva, Switzerland.

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US authorities aim to dismantle North Korea’s Joanap Botnet

Security Affairs

The authorities set up servers that mimic the botnet’s communication system in order to collect information on infected systems and share them with ISP and the owners of the compromised computers.

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Less-well-traveled paths at the National Archives

Archives Blogs

In August 1863, for example, only a month after he emerged as a national hero at the head of his cavalry brigade at Gettysburg, he endured a series of reprimands from his division commander, Brig. Custer provoked Kilpatrick by going outside of the chain of command to communicate directly with Maj. Judson Kilpatrick.

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The Platinum APT group adds the Titanium backdoor to its arsenal

Security Affairs

According to Microsoft, the Platinum has been active since at least 2009, it was responsible for spear phishing attacks on ISPs, government organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense institutes. The hackers don’t appear to be financially motivated due to the nature of targeted entities and TTPs of the group.

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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

As networks evolved and organizations adopted internet communications for critical business processes, these cryptographic systems became essential for protecting data. Not every application or network requires military-grade encryption – however, enterprise organizations can’t go wrong with the services offering the most strength.