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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

Spamit), an invite-only community for Russian-speaking people in the businesses of sending spam and building botnets of infected computers to relay said spam. From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a The Spamdot admins went by the nicknames Icamis (a.k.a.

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The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security

Schneier on Security

All of those "consumer products" Barr wants access to are used by government officials -- heads of state, legislators, judges, military commanders and everyone else -- worldwide. Before the Internet revolution, military-grade electronics were different from consumer-grade. This wasn't true during much of the Cold War.

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Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

Krebs on Security

Now, after more than seven years in prison Hieupc is back in his home country and hoping to convince other would-be cybercrooks to use their computer skills for good. prison system and deported back to Vietnam, Ngo is currently finishing up a mandatory three-week COVID-19 quarantine at a government-run facility. BEGINNINGS.

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Microsoft sued North Korea-linked Thallium group

Security Affairs

The group is charges of violations of the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act and Electronic Communications Privacy Act; federal trademark infringement, dilution, and false designation of origin; cyber squatting; com mon law trespass to chattels; unjust enrichment; conversion; intentional interference with contracts. 27 in the U.S.

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MartyMcFly Malware: new Cyber-Espionage Campaign targeting Italian Naval Industry

Security Affairs

According to VirusTotal the software was “seen in the Wild” in 2010 but submitted only on 2018-10-12! I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. I do have a MD in computer engineering and a PhD on computer security from University of Bologna. Stage4 is pretty interesting per-se.

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Lawsuits Allege Apple Applications Sent Personal Information to Third Parties

Hunton Privacy

In late December 2010, consumers filed two class action lawsuits against Apple Inc., This growth has coincided with an increased focus by government regulators on the tracking of consumers’ online activity. et al , were filed in the Northern District of California on December 23, 2010. The cases, Lalo v.

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Announcing Eighth Annual LTNY Thought Leader Series!: eDiscovery Trends

eDiscovery Daily

Mary is the author of A Process of Illumination: The Practical Guide to Electronic Discovery , considered by many to be the first popular book on e-discovery. Brett is Principal of Burney Consultants LLC , and focuses the bulk of his time on bridging the chasm between the legal and technology frontiers of electronic discovery.