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Inside ‘Evil Corp,’ a $100M Cybercrime Menace

Krebs on Security

Yakubets , who the government says went by the nicknames “ aqua ,” and “ aquamo ,” among others. KrebsOnSecurity first encountered Aqua’s work in 2008 as a reporter for The Washington Post. What follows is an insider’s look at the back-end operations of this gang. Image: FBI. HITCHED TO A MULE.

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Predictions 2017 – How’d I Do This Year?

John Battelle's Searchblog

As I wrote nearly 12 months ago , 2017 felt particularly unpredictable. Every year, I make predictions, and every year, I score myself. As it turns out, my musings were often on target. Except when they weren’t… I’ve played with all manners of scoring over the years, but this year I’m going with a straight zero to ten rating.

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Predictions 2017 – How’d I Do This Year?

John Battelle's Searchblog

As I wrote nearly 12 months ago , 2017 felt particularly unpredictable. Every year, I make predictions, and every year, I score myself. As it turns out, my musings were often on target. Except when they weren’t… I’ve played with all manners of scoring over the years, but this year I’m going with a straight zero to ten rating.

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Predictions 2017 – How’d I Do This Year?

John Battelle's Searchblog

As I wrote nearly 12 months ago , 2017 felt particularly unpredictable. Every year, I make predictions, and every year, I score myself. As it turns out, my musings were often on target. Except when they weren’t… I’ve played with all manners of scoring over the years, but this year I’m going with a straight zero to ten rating.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Investments in cybersecurity more than doubled from $12 billion to $29.5 Born from two board members of AVG Technologies, Evolution Equity Partners started in 2008 to help US and European-based entrepreneurs in cybersecurity, enterprise software, and consumer-enterprise crossover segments. Accel Investments. AllegisCyber Capital.

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Predictions 2017: A Chain Reaction

John Battelle's Searchblog

Honestly, when I consider the coming 12 months, so much feels up for grabs that I wonder whether it’s wise to prognosticate. But this time, well, for the first time ever I have very little idea what’s about to come out of the keyboard. Let’s see what happens… 1. The bloom comes off the tech industry rose.