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Administrator of RSOCKS Proxy Botnet Pleads Guilty

Krebs on Security

Many of the infected systems were Internet of Things (IoT) devices , including industrial control systems, time clocks, routers, audio/video streaming devices, and smart garage door openers. “Thanks to you, we are now developing in the field of information security and anonymity!,” Kloster’s blog enthused. “We

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Giving a Face to the Malware Proxy Service ‘Faceless’

Krebs on Security

Kilmer said when Spur first started looking into Faceless, they noticed almost every Internet address that Faceless advertised for rent also showed up in the IoT search engine Shodan.io Those with IoT zero-days could expect payment if their exploit involved at least 5,000 systems that could be identified through Shodan.

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Mobile security advances to stopping device exploits ? not just detecting malicious apps

The Last Watchdog

And now we are on the verge of making matters dramatically worse as smartphones and IoT devices proliferate. Keating, vice president of product strategy at Zimperium , a Dallas-based supplier of mobile device security systems. LW: What’s most worrisome about mobile security? And It has to be secured as such.

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MY TAKE: DigiCert and Oracle partner to extend digital trust and scalable infrastructure globally

The Last Watchdog

This was all part of the Lehi, Utah-based vendor’s efforts to support enterprise cloud migration and the rise of IoT systems, which were both gaining steam. Amazon had introduced Amazon Web Services in 2006 and Microsoft Azure became commercially available in 2010. Oracle launched OCI in October 2016.

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Law enforcement and Microsoft join forces to dismantle botnet using LED Light Control Console

Security Affairs

Cybercriminals have abused LED light control console to launch malicious attacks, Microsoft’s security experts warn. Threat actors used the consoles to deliver malware and ransomware through an IoT botnet that was also used to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. “The DCU has taken down 22 botnets since 2010.

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Ex CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte sentenced to 40 years in prison

Security Affairs

Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security; and James Smith, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today that JOSHUA ADAM SCHULTE was sentenced to 40 years in prison by U.S.

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SBOMs: Securing the Software Supply Chain

eSecurity Planet

Threat intelligence can help scan IT environments for the latest malware, but that’s just one security layer against zero-day threats. Also read: How to Defend Common IT Security Vulnerabilities. Developed by the Linux Foundation in 2010, the Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) is the leading open standard for SBOM formats.

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