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Weekly Update 230

Troy Hunt

This week has seen a lot of my time go on an all-new project. One I'm really excited about and is completely different to everything I've done before; I expect I'll be able to talk about that in the coming weeks and it shouldn't be too much longer before it's something you can actually see firsthand. Stay tuned on that one ??

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow.

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Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

Krebs on Security

buys you 230 credits. “Our Databases are updated EVERY DAY,” the site’s owner enthuses. . “He was selling the personal information on more than 200 million Americans and allowing anyone to buy it for pennies apiece.” ” Freshly released from the U.S.

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MY TAKE: A primer on how ransomware arose to the become an enduring scourge

The Last Watchdog

The Iranian duo by themselves are believed to be responsible for attacks on 230 entities, collecting $6 million in ransom and causing $30 billion in damages, the FBI says. It’s imperative to keep legacy anti-malware , firewall and intrusion prevention systems updated. It’s not just cities encountering such dilemmas. and Canada.