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Crickets from Chirp Systems in Smart Lock Key Leak

Krebs on Security

government is warning that “smart locks” securing entry to an estimated 50,000 dwellings nationwide contain hard-coded credentials that can be used to remotely open any of the locks. The lock’s maker Chirp Systems remains unresponsive, even though it was first notified about the critical weakness in March 2021.

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Tech CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in IP Address Scheme

Krebs on Security

As a result, the government was able to charge Golestan with 20 counts of wire fraud — one for each payment made by the phony companies that bought the IP addresses from ARIN. Prosecutors estimated those addresses were valued at between $10 million and $14 million. Golestan initially sought to fight those charges.

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And the Winner of the 2021 RSAC Innovation Contest is…

eSecurity Planet

From agentless solutions for multi-cloud infrastructures to implementing zero trust and threat scoring, the 2021 class of innovators predominantly addresses cloud, data, and application security. Also Read: Top 22 Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2021. A defined marketing strategy. RSA Conference (@RSAConference) May 19, 2021.

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1M compromised cards available for free in the underground market

Security Affairs

It’s especially unusual for a previously unknown market player. Further research revealed that the post was nothing but a very bold ad to scale up the user base of newly established card shop All World Cards, which joined the carding market in May 2021. At least 27,112 cards are set to expire in August 2021.

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

Krebs on Security

government this week put a $10 million bounty on the head of a Russian man who for the past 18 years operated Try2Check , one of the cybercrime underground’s most trusted services for checking the validity of stolen credit card data. Try2Check’s login pages have been replaced with a seizure notice from U.S. law enforcement.

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Group-IB Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report

Security Affairs

Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company, has presented its annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report. It was also marked by the rise of the underground market for selling access to corporate networks and an over two-fold growth of the carding market.

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Predictions 2021: Disinformation, SPACs, Africa, Facebook, and a Return to Tech Optimism

John Battelle's Searchblog

But I’m convinced 2021 will be the year we all realize that our media/information ecosystem is broken – with disinformation, propaganda, and brazen falsehood its most pernicious externality. But in 2021, the good ship Facebook will start taking on serious water. A free and open democratic economy can’t run on b t.

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