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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. All four pleaded guilty to conspiracy and racketeering charges. The Spamdot admins went by the nicknames Icamis (a.k.a.

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MY TAKE: Why security innovations paving the way for driverless cars will make IoT much safer

The Last Watchdog

Intelligent computing systems have been insinuating themselves into our homes and public gathering places for a while now. Driverless autos, trucks and military transport vehicles are on a fast track for wide deployment in the next five years. military and intelligence agencies. Get ready for smart ground transportation.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Aerospace

ForAllSecure

” The event, which was captured on video and also reported in Wired magazine, sent a message to the automotive industry. But I think we also need to understand that the transportation industry, especially the aviation industry, is world class in setting up their systems for redundancy for security. I'm Robert Vamosi.

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On Open Platforms, Wifi, Home Automation, and Kitty Litter

John Battelle's Searchblog

Another wonderful example is the Global Positioning System (GPS), once the realm only of the United States military, but now the driver of countless commercial opportunities around the globe (again thanks to decisions made during the Clinton administration). Comcast has no say in the matter ( so far ).

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. ” The employees who kept things running for RSOCKS, circa 2016.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Shall We Play A Game?

ForAllSecure

Electronic Things. As I got older, I started to play around with computers. By then there were computer games, and at that time it wasn’t the single shooter games. I mean, what curious kid hasn’t taken apart something electronic to try and figure it out on their own? Really bored. So I would take things apart.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Shall We Play A Game?

ForAllSecure

Electronic Things. As I got older, I started to play around with computers. By then there were computer games, and at that time it wasn’t the single shooter games. I mean, what curious kid hasn’t taken apart something electronic to try and figure it out on their own? Really bored. So I would take things apart.