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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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Quality Control, Making Sure the Numbers Add Up: eDiscovery Throwback Thursdays

eDiscovery Daily

Our seven-custodian example might be a bit light for the amount of email we get today, but it’s still a relevant exercise. Let’s walk through a scenario to show how the files collected are accounted for during the discovery process. Example of File Count Tracking. Tracking the Counts after Processing.

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2019 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 2

eDiscovery Daily

But, this case – where an attorney sought sanctions against another for hanging up on him – is a unique example of lack of cooperation: Court Denies Sanction Request for Attorney Who Hung Up on Opposing Counsel One Time : In Ewing v. Oh, and a photo on social media can be discoverable simply because you’re “tagged” in it.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Art of Invisibility

ForAllSecure

SO I only mention Ross Ulbricht in talks because I use him as an example of an Operation Security, or OpSec failure. In 2011, there a was user in a chat room by the name of altoid, like the mint. Anyone talking about it in 2011 most likely had inside information. Why glorify the criminal hackers? And he had. For the moment.

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The History of Computer Viruses & Malware

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware, for example, usually doesn’t self-replicate. It could install a keylogging program, allowing the hacker to gain access to sensitive information like bank account details, passwords, and physical addresses as long as the victim typed that information into their computer at any point. The Rise of Ransomware: 2011-2022.

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This Is What Happens When Context Is Lost.

John Battelle's Searchblog

The FCC made sure you couldn’t go full George Carlin in your creative execution, for example. Not only did everyone in the industrialized world get a Facebook account, every advertiser in the industrialized world got themselves a Facebook advertising account. of its nearly one billion accounts were fraudulent.

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This Is What Happens When Context Is Lost.

John Battelle's Searchblog

The FCC made sure you couldn’t go full George Carlin in your creative execution, for example. Not only did everyone in the industrialized world get a Facebook account, every advertiser in the industrialized world got themselves a Facebook advertising account. of its nearly one billion accounts were fraudulent.