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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

Krebs on Security

Levashov has been in federal custody since his extradition to the United States and guilty plea in 2018, and was facing up to 12 more years in prison. In 2010, Microsoft — in tandem with a number of security researchers — launched a combined technical and legal sneak attack on the Waledac botnet, successfully dismantling it.

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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: extracted Payload.

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UK: Personal liability for PECR regulatory fines proposed in Government consultation

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

There are specific rules on: • marketing calls, emails, texts and faxes; • cookies (and similar technologies); • keeping communications services secure; and. million in fines issued for nuisance calls since 2010, with in many instances companies entering insolvency to avoid substantial penalties. Proposals for change.

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Inside ‘Evil Corp,’ a $100M Cybercrime Menace

Krebs on Security

Yakubets , who the government says went by the nicknames “ aqua ,” and “ aquamo ,” among others. Treasury Department says Yukabets as of 2017 was working for the Russian FSB , one of Russia’s leading intelligence organizations. What follows is an insider’s look at the back-end operations of this gang.

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Records Inventory 101:

ARMA International

Among these management issues are insufficient documentation of official acts, incorrect use of recordkeeping technologies, poor filing systems and maintenance standards, poor management of non-record items, insufficient identification of vital records, and insufficient records security policies. Is the DOD 9/30/2010 or 10/01/2010?

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Identity-based Cryptography

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The UK government is promoting the MIKEY-SAKKE protocol [16] that implements an identity-based protocol proposed by SAKAI and KASAHARA in 2003. 8,9]) combines signature and encryption in a secure way, providing efficient joint authentication and encryption. Revocable IBE [12] provides a scalable revocation method.

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

4 The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have begun — since their inception — with a guiding command for courts to seek “to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding.”5 12 In other words, the 1983 amendment was seen as limiting the depth rather than the breadth of discovery.13.

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