Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2024

Here’s the story of a recent thread hijacking attack in which a journalist was copied on a phishing email from the unwilling subject of a recent scoop. Instead, he forwarded the messages to LancasterOneline’s IT team, which quickly flagged them as phishing attempts. “We were just perplexed,” Murse said.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

As first reported by Cyberscoop in 2020, a trial brief in the California investigation identified Nikulin, Kislitsin and two alleged cybercriminals — Oleg Tolstikh and Oleksandr Vitalyevich Ieremenko — as being present during a 2012 meeting at a Moscow hotel, where participants allegedly discussed starting an internet café business.

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Cybersecurity Cybercrime Hacking Government 303

Security Boulevard

MAY 12, 2022

In the early 1990s, the Internet industry needed to move packets as fast as possible because some marketing genius came up with the idea that everyone could have “Unlimited Internet Access” for $9.95 Those people belong in the Internet Hall of Fame. Phishing attacks? Truth be told, AOL made the Internet, the Internet.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The above-mentioned AIDS Trojan hailing from the distant pre-Internet era was the progenitor of the trend, but its real-world impact was close to zero. The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked.

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Ransomware Hacking Encryption Penetration Testing 243

Malwarebytes

JULY 28, 2021

remember Sydney being referred to as “The Internet Olympics”. 2006 Turin. The London Olympics—the one where James Bond and the definitely real Queen jumped out of a helicopter —was a massive splash of malicious activity in internet terms. People getting up to mischief? Not so much. 2000 Sydney. You may (or may not!) 2012 London.

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Scams Hacking Malware Mobile 143

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1988 — The Morris Worm — Robert Morris creates what would be known as the first worm on the Internet. 2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour. An industry expert estimates the attacks resulted in $1.2

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 25, 2022

Astalavista Security Newsletter - 2003-2006 - Full Offline Reading Copy. Exposing a Currently Active Rock Phish Domain Portfolio – Historical OSINT. Profiling the Internet Connected Infrastructure of the Individuals on the U.S Security Researchers Targeted in Spear Phishing Campaign – WhoisXML API Analysis.

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