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15-Year-Old Malware Proxy Network VIP72 Goes Dark

Krebs on Security

based Internet address for more than a decade — simply vanished. Using services like VIP72, customers can select network nodes in virtually any country, and relay their traffic while hiding behind some unwitting victim’s Internet address. Between 2003 and 2006, Corpse focused on selling and supporting his Haxdoor malware.

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OWASP discloses a data breach

Security Affairs

The incident impacted OWASP members from 2006 to around 2014 who provided their resumes as part of joining OWASP. “OWASP collected resumes as part of the early membership process, whereby members were required in the 2006 to 2014 era to show a connection to the OWASP community. “ I think I am affected. What do I need to do?

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NSA Attacks Against Virtual Private Networks

Schneier on Security

A 2006 document from the Snowden archives outlines successful NSA operations against "a number of "high potential" virtual private networks, including those of media organization Al Jazeera, the Iraqi military and internet service organizations, and a number of airline reservation systems.".

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WordCamps: What Is WordCamp, How They Started and Why You Should Go

SiteLock

In 2006, he came up with the idea to create a “camp” that would bring people together that were passionate about WordPress. On July 9, 2006, Matt shared this idea on his blog, MA.TT, hoping to put together an event in under a month. A Brief History of WordCamp.

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500M Avira Antivirus Users Introduced to Cryptomining

Krebs on Security

Founded in 2006, Avira Operations GmbH & Co. Avira Crypto. KG is a German multinational software company best known for their Avira Free Security (a.k.a. Avira Free Antivirus). In January 2021, Avira was acquired by Tempe, Ariz.

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

Krebs on Security

That Bankir account was registered from the Internet address 193.27.237.66 Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 found that Internet address also was used to register the account “Nordex” on the Russian hacking forum Exploit back in 2006. Constella tracked another Bankir[.]com Constella tracked another Bankir[.]com

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. “Why do I need a certificate? ru in 2008.

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