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Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks

Krebs on Security

Nikita Kislitsin , formerly the head of network security for one of Russia’s top cybersecurity firms, was arrested last week in Kazakhstan in response to 10-year-old hacking charges from the U.S. Nikita Kislitsin, at a security conference in Russia. Department of Justice. “The company is monitoring developments.”

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

As detailed in my 2014 book, Spam Nation , Spamdot was home to crooks controlling some of the world’s nastiest botnets, global malware contagions that went by exotic names like Rustock , Cutwail , Mega-D , Festi , Waledac , and Grum. But the identity and whereabouts of Icamis have remained a mystery to this author until recently.

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Feds Allege Adconion Employees Hijacked IP Addresses for Spamming

Krebs on Security

online ad firm that acquired Adconion in 2014, bills itself as the world’s leading independent advertising platform. A statement of facts filed by the government indicates Petr Pacas was at one point director of operations at Company A (Adconion). Amobee , the Redwood City, Calif. HOSTING IN THE WIND.

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Experts detailed how China Telecom used BGP hijacking to redirect traffic worldwide

Security Affairs

Security researchers revealed in a recent paper that over the past years, China Telecom used BGP hijacking to misdirect Internet traffic through China. Security researchers Chris C. The incident also affected US government (‘‘.gov’’) Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Former NSA TAO hacker sentenced to 66 months in prison over Kaspersky Leak

Security Affairs

Former NSA TAO hacker was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government ban on Kaspersky. The former NSA hacker is Nghia Hoang Pho (68), he served the US intelligence for 10 years as a member of the NSA’s elite Tailored Access Operations hacking unit. Equestre.*”.

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

Security Affairs

Yoroi security firm uncovered a targeted attack against one of the most important companies in the Italian Naval Industry leveraging MartyMcFly Malware. The victim was one of the most important leaders in the field of security and defensive military grade Naval ecosystem in Italy. Stage2: OleOBj inclusion (click to expand it).

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Thursday LTNY 2019 Sessions: eDiscovery Trends

eDiscovery Daily

Sessions in the main conference tracks include: 9:30am – 10:30am: The Future Is Now: Managing Messaging Data. billion email messages for a healthcare company; and (ii) the defensible disposal of more than 10 billion email messages for a highly regulated financial institution. Hope you were able to catch us there!