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Career Choice Tip: Cybercrime is Mostly Boring

Krebs on Security

The findings come in a new paper released by researchers at Cambridge University’s Cybercrime Centre , which examined the quality and types of work needed to build, maintain and defend illicit enterprises that make up a large portion of the cybercrime-as-a-service market. So I just left and went on with life. ” WHINY CUSTOMERS.

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Adconion Execs Plead Guilty in Federal Anti-Spam Case

Krebs on Security

“While defendants touted ties to well-known name brands, the email marketing campaigns associated with the hijacked IP addresses included advertisements such as ‘BigBeautifulWomen,’ ‘iPhone4S Promos,’ and ‘LatinLove[Cost-per-Click].'” Exhibit A, from a May 2022 filing by U.S. federal prosecutors.

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Automated Patch Management: Definition, Tools & How It Works

eSecurity Planet

Report Generation: After the patches are distributed, the patch management tool creates reports and alerts to inform the administrator of which devices have been successfully patched, which devices still need to be patched, and any difficulties that may have emerged during the patching process. Here’s how it works.

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Deployable architecture on IBM Cloud: Simplifying system deployment

IBM Big Data Hub

Deployable architecture (DA) refers to a specific design pattern or approach that allows an application or system to be easily deployed and managed across various environments. It helps in reducing time to market, minimizing manual intervention and decreasing deployment-related errors.

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Orcus RAT Author Charged in Malware Scheme

Krebs on Security

In July 2016, KrebsOnSecurity published a story identifying a Toronto man as the author of the Orcus RAT , a software product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. This week, Canadian authorities criminally charged him with orchestrating an international malware scheme.

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Administrators of bulletproof hosting sentenced to prison in the US

Security Affairs

Skvortsov was responsible for the marketing activity of the group, while Grichishkin was the organization’s day-to-day leader and oversaw its personnel. The defendants helped their clients to evade detection by monitoring sites used to blocklist technical infrastructure used for crime.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2022 Edition

Krebs on Security

Microsoft today released software updates to plug security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software. “However, given the number of stolen credentials readily available on underground markets, getting authenticated could be trivial. Redmond has been steadily spooling out patches for this service ever since.