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XDSpy APT remained undetected since at least 2011

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Researchers from ESET uncovered the activity of a new APT group, tracked as XDSpy, that has been active since at least 2011. XDSpy is the name used by ESET researchers to track a nation-state actor that has been active since at least 2011. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Who Stole 3.6M Tax Records from South Carolina?

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Questions about who stole tax and financial data on roughly three quarters of all South Carolina residents came to the fore last week at the confirmation hearing of Mark Keel , who was appointed in 2011 by Gov. State officials said they found out about the hack from federal law enforcement on October 10, 2012. Who is Rescator?

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Lenovo Solution Centre flaw allows hacking Windows laptop in 10 minutes

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Security experts at Pen Test Partners (PTP) discovered a privilege-escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Solution Centre (LSC) that exists since 2011. ” read the security advisory published by Lenovo. ” read the security advisory published by Lenovo. ” wrote the researchers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Link Between AWM Proxy & the Glupteba Botnet

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Security experts had long seen a link between Glupteba and AWM Proxy, but new research shows AWM Proxy’s founder is one of the men being sued by Google. AWMproxy, the storefront for renting access to infected PCs, circa 2011. dismantled the “ RSOCKS ” botnet, a competing proxy service that had been in operation since 2014.

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From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

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In a retrospective post published to Livejournal in 2014 titled, “Mazafaka, from conception to the present day,” Stalker said Djamix had become a core member of the community. ru at DomainTools.com reveals this address has been used to register at least 10 domain names since 2008. As well as the cost of my services.”

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Three security bugs found in the popular Linux suite systemd

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Security firm Qualys has disclosed three flaws (CVE-2018-16864, CVE-2018-16865, and CVE-2018-16866 ) in a component of systemd , a software suite that provides fundamental building blocks for a Linux operating system used in most major Linux distributions. ” reads the security advisory. ” continues the advisory.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 212 – News of the week

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The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Microsoft removes Password-Expiration Policy in security baseline for Windows 10. But it was 2011. 10KBLAZE exploits could affect 9 out of 10 SAP installs of more than 50k customers. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.