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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, users who click on a link looking to download a free game instead unknowingly download and install Glupteba malware.”

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memcpy (and friends) with NULL pointers

Imperial Violet

The C standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011) has a sane-seeming definition of memcpy (section 7.24.2.1): The memcpy function copies n characters from the object pointed to by s2 into the object pointed to by s1. Emphasis is mine.). For example, a local root exploit in the kernel was enabled by a dereference-based removal of a NULL check.).

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Mariposa Botnet Author, Darkcode Crime Forum Admin Arrested in Germany

Krebs on Security

Å korjanc and his hacker handle Iserdo were initially named in a Justice Department indictment from 2011 (PDF) along with two other men who allegedly wrote and sold the Mariposa botnet code. An advertisement for the ButterFly Bot. Slovenian police are reportedly still investigating that incident.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

For example, in March of 2016, two researchers, Mike Ahmadi and Billy Rios independently reported an astounding fourteen hundred vulnerabilities to CareFusion's Pyxis SupplyStation, an automated, networked, supply cabinet used to store and dispense supplies. Especially in the world of security standards. He’s well known.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

For example, in March of 2016, two researchers, Mike Ahmadi and Billy Rios independently reported an astounding fourteen hundred vulnerabilities to CareFusion's Pyxis SupplyStation, an automated, networked, supply cabinet used to store and dispense supplies. Especially in the world of security standards. He’s well known.

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2019 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 2

eDiscovery Daily

Today, let’s take a look back at cases related to cooperation, form of production, privilege and confidentiality disputes, social media related disputes and a key case regarding biometric security. BIOMETRIC SECURITY. 2011: Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4. Perhaps you missed some of these? Now is your chance to catch up!

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Top 6 Rootkit Threats and How to Protect Yourself

eSecurity Planet

This also gives them the ability to deftly evade detection by functioning at the same security level as the OS itself. Notable examples of kernel-mode rootkits include Knark, Zero Access, Adore, FudModule, Da IOS, and the deliciously-named Spicy Hot Pot. Examples include Olmasco, Rovnix and Stoned Bootkit. User-mode Rootkit.