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U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack

Krebs on Security

Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the theft of personal data on nearly 150 million Americans. The nine-count indictment names Wu Zhiyong (???), Wang Qian (??),

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$10M Is Yours If You Can Get This Guy to Leave Russia

Krebs on Security

Try2Check was so reliable that it eventually became the official card-checking service for some of the underground’s most bustling crime bazaars, including Vault Market, Unicc , and Joker’s Stash. In 2017, U.S. He asked interested partners to contact him at the ICQ number 228427661 or at the email address polkas@bk.ru.

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Hacking the Tax Code

Schneier on Security

A recent example comes from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. One of the things in it was a typo that accidentally categorized military death benefits as earned income. companies avoided paying nearly US$200 billion in taxes in 2017 alone. That same 2017 U.S. The 2017 tax law capped income tax deductions for property taxes.

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Police arrest two people over stealing sensitive data from defense giant

Security Affairs

Italian police have arrested two people that have been accused of stealing 10 GB of confidental data and military secrets from defense company Leonardo S.p.A. In January 2017, the internal cybersecurity structure of Leonardo SpA reported anomalous network traffic, outgoing from some workstations of the Pomigliano D’Arco plant.

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MY TAKE: DigiCert and Oracle partner to extend digital trust and scalable infrastructure globally

The Last Watchdog

Here are a few of my takeaways: Seeds of the partnership In 2017, DigiCert acquired and commenced reviving Symantec’s PKI business. Honoring data sovereignty Name any business use case: banking, retail, healthcare, government, military, entertainment, elections. Oracle launched OCI in October 2016.

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Canadian Police Raid ‘Orcus RAT’ Author

Krebs on Security

Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer behind “ Orcus RAT ,” a product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. 2017 analysis of the RAT. I tend to have a violent nature, and have both Martial arts and Military training.

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US DoJ charges three members of the North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group

Security Affairs

Justice Department indicted three North Korean military intelligence officials, members of the Lazarus APT group, for their involvement in cyber-attacks, including the theft of $1.3 ransomware in May 2017, and carried out extortion and attempted extortion from 2017 through 2020.