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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

More recently, it appears Megatraffer has been working with ransomware groups to help improve the stealth of their malware. The exposed files in the archived version of fitis[.]ru At least my laptop is sure of it.” ” Fitis’s Livejournal account. Image: Archive.org.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

The Internet Crime Report 2023 also reports that four online crimes caused the most financial losses in the US last year: BEC (business email compromise), investment fraud, ransomware, and tech/customer support and government impersonation scams. Alternatively, you can view our full archive.

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Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach

Krebs on Security

As detailed in my 2014 book Spam Nation , Vrublevsky not-so-secretly ran a pharmacy affiliate spam program called Rx-Promotion , which paid spammers and virus writers to blast out tens of billions of junk emails advertising generic Viagra and controlled pharmaceuticals like pain relief medications.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 January 2024

IT Governance

GB JSP Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (Thailand) PCL Source (New) Manufacturing Thailand Yes >80 GB TREZOR Source (New) Crypto France Yes Nearly 66,000 Oak View Group Source (New) Leisure USA Yes 58,935 Innefu Labs Pvt. Alternatively, you can view our full archive. Source (New) Manufacturing Saudi Arabia Yes 86.16 CNIL fines Yahoo!

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The Weeks in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 18 – 31 December 2023

IT Governance

Enforcement FBI develops ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware decryption tool The US Justice Department has announced a disruption campaign against the prolific APLHV/BlackCat ransomware group, including a decryption tool developed by the FBI. Alternatively, you can view our full archive.