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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. WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

IT Governance

International operation takes down cyber crime market Düsseldorf Police has seized control of Crimemarket, a German-language criminal trading platform with over 180,000 users. It also has a new focus on governance, which encompasses how organizations make and carry out informed decisions on cybersecurity strategy”. NIST CSF 2.0