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Tech CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in IP Address Scheme

Krebs on Security

In 2018, ARIN sued Golestan and Micfo, alleging they had obtained hundreds of thousands of IP addresses under false pretenses. As a result, the government was able to charge Golestan with 20 counts of wire fraud — one for each payment made by the phony companies that bought the IP addresses from ARIN.

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Discover the Future of Intelligent Information Management

AIIM

Organizations using 7-10 information management systems or repositories have gone from 3.6% in 2013 to 6.2% in 2018 and now 14.42% in 2023. Consider information governance and interoperability when adding new systems.” This represents approximately 100% growth every five years in the number of systems.

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Two Russians Charged in $17M Cryptocurrency Phishing Spree

Krebs on Security

authorities today announced criminal charges and financial sanctions against two Russian men accused of stealing nearly $17 million worth of virtual currencies in a series of phishing attacks throughout 2017 and 2018 that spoofed websites for some of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges. million from 158 Poloniex users, and $1.17

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Thinking of Hiring or Running a Booter Service? Think Again.

Krebs on Security

The only work experience Dobbs listed on his resume was as a freelance developer from 2013 to the present day. The government seized four-dozen booter domains, and criminally charged Dobbs and five other U.S. But the government’s core claim — that operating a booter site is a violation of U.S. Charles, Ill.

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MY TAKE: How consumer-grade VPNs are enabling individuals to do DIY security

The Last Watchdog

Then about 10 years ago, consumer-grade virtual private networks, or VPNs, came along, providing a pretty nifty little tool that any individual could use to deflect invasive online tracking. Here’s what’s unfolding: Avoiding government snoops. Then about 10 years ago along came consumer-grade VPNs.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

Hello and welcome to the final IT Governance podcast of 2018. Even government and public bodies’ websites – including, ironically, the ICO – were found to be running cryptomining software after a third-party plug-in was compromised, but it transpired. The NIS Directive was enacted in the UK as the NIS Regulations on 10 May.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in May 2018 – 17,273,571 records leaked

IT Governance

Police Dept Loses 10 Months of Work to Ransomware. Hacker Publicly Posts Data Stolen From Government-Linked Cyberespionage Group. Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas notifying 8,300 clients after discovering data had been exposed for 10 months. Bombas notifies consumers of breach going back to 2013. Data breach.