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Will cryptocurrency mining soon saturate AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud?

The Last Watchdog

On the face, the damage caused by cryptojacking may appear to be mostly limited to consumers and website publishers who are getting their computing resources diverted to mining fresh units of Monero, Ethereum and Bytecoin on behalf of leeching attackers. In 2011, total cryptocurrency value was about $10 billion. It was insane.

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Introducing ARCHWay

Archive-It

In line with our goal to make computational research (text and data mining, AI, machine learning, etc.) and education with digital collections more accessible we are introducing ARCHWay – a free to use ARCH service tier.

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Google disrupts the Glupteba botnet

Security Affairs

The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimate that the Glupteba botnet is currently composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world. For example, the site dont.farm was used to sell access to compromised Google and Facebook advertising account.

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t. Given how lucrative and necessary both sectors are to daily life, they make prime targets for ransomware. costing an estimated $18.88

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Breach Exposes Users of Microleaves Proxy Service

Krebs on Security

In a 2011 post on Hackforums, Acidut said they were building a botnet using an “exploit kit,” a set of browser exploits made to be stitched into hacked websites and foist malware on visitors. .” The same account continues to sell subscriptions to Shifter.io. ” A teaser from Irish Tech News. “Online[.]io

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Into the Wild

Unwritten Record

In the Still Picture Branch, we aim to cultivate a habitat that promotes access to the unique images in our custody. 1998 – 2011 , a collection of born-digital images and digital reproductions of analog photographs, brought to us by the U.S. Today, I’m highlighting series 22-DP: Photographs from the National Digital Library, ca.

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NY Appeals Court Extends Discoverability of Social Media Photos to “Tagged” Photos: eDiscovery Case Law

eDiscovery Daily

He was “tagged,” thus allowing him access to them, and others were sent to his phone. Private social media information can be discoverable to the extent it ‘contradicts or conflicts with [a] plaintiff’s alleged restrictions, disabilities, and losses, and other claims’ ( Patterson v. Turner Const. 3d 617, 618, 931 N.Y.S.2d

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