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Estonian National charged with helping Russia acquire U.S. hacking tools and electronics

Security Affairs

made electronics on behalf of the Russian government and military. The Estonian man is accused of having helped the Russian government and military to purchase US-made electronics and hacking tools. manufacturers on behalf of Russian end-users, including defense contractors and other Russian government agencies.

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Finding the treasure in governement information management

CILIP

Asked why he chose the Civil Service above other areas of librarianship, David says: “It is just so interesting… it puts you in the centre of constantly changing challenges while offering unparalleled opportunities to move between librarianship, records management, knowledge management, information governance throughout your career.”

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

Spamit), an invite-only community for Russian-speaking people in the businesses of sending spam and building botnets of infected computers to relay said spam. KrebsOnSecurity began researching Icamis’s real-life identity in 2012, but failed to revisit any of that research until recently. Ika ), and Salomon (a.k.a.

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Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach, media blame China-linked APT

Security Affairs

Mitsubishi Electric had also already notified members of the Japanese government and Ministry of Defense. “An internal survey found that computers and servers at headquarters and major sites were subject to numerous unauthorized accesses.” ” reported the Asahi Shimbun. ” reported the Asahi Shimbun.

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. The 911 service as it exists today.

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Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

Krebs on Security

Now, after more than seven years in prison Hieupc is back in his home country and hoping to convince other would-be cybercrooks to use their computer skills for good. prison system and deported back to Vietnam, Ngo is currently finishing up a mandatory three-week COVID-19 quarantine at a government-run facility. Secret Service.

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Feds Charge Three in Mass Seizure of Attack-for-hire Services

Krebs on Security

” Another important distinction between this week’s coordinated action and past booter site takedowns was that the government actually tested each service it dismantled to validate claims about attack firepower and to learn more about how each service conducted assaults. ” DOWN THEM ALL.