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A Closer Look at the DarkSide Ransomware Gang

Krebs on Security

New York City-based cyber intelligence firm Flashpoint said its analysts assess with a moderate-strong degree of confidence that the attack was not intended to damage national infrastructure and was simply associated with a target which had the finances to support a large payment. “High trust level of our targets.

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Google disrupts the Glupteba botnet

Security Affairs

. “In the summer of 2020, Google determined that Glupteba malware was being disseminated on numerous third-party software download sites, online movie streaming sites, and video downloader sites, often advertised as “free downloads.” TAG also partnered with CloudFlare and others take down servers.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. com ,” a Russian-language service that sold access to thousands of compromised PCs that could be used to proxy traffic.

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Italian Garante Publishes Updated Guidelines on Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Hunton Privacy

Laura Liguori of Portolano Cavallo reports that on June 10, 2021, the Italian Data Protection Authority ( Garante or “DPA”) adopted a new version of its guidelines for cookies and other tracking mechanisms (the “Guidelines”). Reiteration of Consent. At least six months must elapse before a user can be asked to make a choice again.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Surviving Stalkerware

ForAllSecure

Lodrina Cherne and Martijn Grooten join the The Hacker Mind podcast to discuss their Black Hat USA 2021 presentation. In early September 2021. It says that spy phones sold real time access to that information, which could have enabled domestic abusers and stalkers to track their targets. So I hope you'll stick around.