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Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks

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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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$10M Is Yours If You Can Get This Guy to Leave Russia

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government this week put a $10 million bounty on the head of a Russian man who for the past 18 years operated Try2Check , one of the cybercrime underground’s most trusted services for checking the validity of stolen credit card data. Try2Check’s login pages have been replaced with a seizure notice from U.S. law enforcement.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

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For years, security experts — and indeed, many top cybercriminals in the Spamit affiliate program — have expressed the belief that Sal and Icamis were likely the same person using two different identities. But the identity and whereabouts of Icamis have remained a mystery to this author until recently. bank accounts.

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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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Feds Allege Adconion Employees Hijacked IP Addresses for Spamming

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A statement of facts filed by the government indicates Petr Pacas was at one point director of operations at Company A (Adconion). The government alleges the men sent forged letters to an Internet hosting firm claiming they had been authorized by the registrants of the inactive IP addresses to use that space for their own purposes.

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

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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.

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

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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).