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Meet the Administrators of the RSOCKS Proxy Botnet

Krebs on Security

Stanx said he was a longtime member of several major forums, including the Russian hacker forum Antichat (since 2005), and the Russian crime forum Exploit (since April 2013). Kloster says he’s worked in many large companies in Omsk as a system administrator, web developer and photographer. ” the post enthuses.

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Adconion Execs Plead Guilty in Federal Anti-Spam Case

Krebs on Security

“While defendants touted ties to well-known name brands, the email marketing campaigns associated with the hijacked IP addresses included advertisements such as ‘BigBeautifulWomen,’ ‘iPhone4S Promos,’ and ‘LatinLove[Cost-per-Click].'” ” Amobee has not yet responded to requests for comment.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2022 Edition

Krebs on Security

Microsoft today released software updates to plug security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software. Among those is CVE-2022-22005 , a weakness in Microsoft’s Sharepoint Server versions 2013-2019 that could be exploited by any authenticated user.

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A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group

Krebs on Security

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Administratio n (CISA), Snatch was originally named Team Truniger , based on the nickname of the group’s founder and organizer — Truniger. “The command requires Windows system administrators,” Truniger’s ads explained. “Snatchteam[.]cc

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Feds Allege Adconion Employees Hijacked IP Addresses for Spamming

Krebs on Security

Most of the spammers Hostswinds terminated were sending messages for marketing programs that sign consumers up for various products or services which bill monthly and can be very difficult for consumers to cancel. Interestingly, in 2014 Spamhaus was sued by Blackstar Media LLC , a bulk email marketing company and subsidiary of Adconion.

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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Krebs on Security

Other posts concerned custom code Pin claimed to have written that would bypass memory protections on Windows XP and Windows 7 systems, and inject malware into memory space normally allocated to trusted applications on a Windows machine. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. “P.S.

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Introducing Anycloud Backup 365

IBM Big Data Hub

An IBM partner since 2013, Denmark-based Anycloud has been awarded Cloud Partner of the Year 2017, Technology Service Provider of the Year 2019, and Business Partner of the Year and Business Partner Excellence Award – Europe 2022. Anycloud is ISO 27001, ISAE 3000 approved, and a level 1 star member of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA).

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