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Estonian Tied to 13 Ransomware Attacks Gets 66 Months in Prison

Krebs on Security

Berezan’s indictment (PDF) says he used his status at DirectConnection to secure cashout jobs from other vetted crooks on the exclusive crime forum. A drop is a location or individual able to securely receive and forward funds or goods obtained through cashouts or other types of fraud. .” Department of Justice.

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Russia-linked threat actors targets critical infrastructure, US authorities warn

Security Affairs

US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) issued a joint alert to warn critical infrastructure operators about threats from Russian state-sponsored hackers. link] pic.twitter.com/nKmIeSfcTS — NSA Cyber (@NSACyber) January 11, 2022.

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Who’s Behind the ‘Web Listings’ Mail Scam?

Krebs on Security

One from May 2011 at onlineprnews.com sings the praises of Weblistingsinc.info , weblistingsinc.org and web-listings.net in the same release, and lists the point of contact simply as “Mark.” Cached versions of this site from 2011 show it naming Web Listings Inc. web-listingsinc.com 2015-11-06 ENOM, INC.,ENOM,

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Glupteba botnet is back after Google disrupted it in December 2021

Security Affairs

The blockchain-enabled botnet has been active since at least 2011, researchers estimated that the Glupteba botnet was composed of more than 1 million Windows PCs around the world as of December 2021. Researchers believe that at least five different merchants and exchanges were used to fund the Glupteba addresses since 2019.

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SEC Announces Settled Charges Against First American for Cybersecurity Disclosure Controls Failures – Lessons Learned

Data Matters

In the Order, the SEC alleges that First American’s disclosures concerning the vulnerability were deficient because senior executives were not provided all available and relevant information, specifically that First American’s information security personnel had identified and failed to remediate the vulnerability months earlier in January 2019.

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Purple Lambert, a new malware of CIA-linked Lambert APT group

Security Affairs

Experts from Kaspersky explained that in February 2019, multiple antivirus companies received a collection of malware samples, some of them cannot be associated with the activity of known APT groups. . Symantec believes Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CIA Hacking unit APT-C-39 hit China since 2008

Security Affairs

Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 revealed that the US CIA has hacked Chinese organizations in various sectors for the last 11 years. Chinese security firm Qihoo 360 is accusing that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of having hacked Chinese organizations for the last 11 years. time zone. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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