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Sharing Netflix, Disney+, other passwords is illegal, according to new guidance

Malwarebytes

What's noteworthy— as TorrentFreak pointed out —is that the UK now flags password sharing , a most talked-about issue in the realm of streaming services, as piracy. Under Section 11 of the Fraud Act of 2006 in the UK, someone using "services of a members' club without paying and without being a member" is considered fraud.

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Russian Cybersecurity Executive Arrested for Alleged Role in 2012 Megahacks

Krebs on Security

Kislitsin is accused of hacking into the now-defunct social networking site Formspring in 2012, and conspiring with another Russian man convicted of stealing tens of millions of usernames and passwords from LinkedIn and Dropbox that same year. Nikulin is currently serving a seven-year sentence in the U.S. prison system.

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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

According to iDefense, in 2006 the group was responsible for crafting a rootkit that took advantage of a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word, and was used in attacks on “a large DoD entity” within the USA. Security analysts and U.S.

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The Origins and History of the Dark Web

Identity IQ

2002 – 2006: Origins of the Tor Project After onion routing was patented, additional computer scientists joined the original development team in 2002 and created the biggest project for onion routing yet: The Onion Routing Project, now commonly known as the Tor Project. Navy patented onion routing in 1998.

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RSA 2022 Musings: The Past and The Future of Security

Anton on Security

As I was looking at the security vendors and their technologies, I realized that security vendors that apparently peaked in relevance, say, in the mid-2000s had huge booths and did brisk business, selling whatever they sold before. RSA 2013 and Endpoint Agent Re-Emergence RSA 2006–2015 In Anton’s Blog Posts! RSA 2017: What’s The Theme?

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RSA 2022 Musings: The Past and The Future of Security

Security Boulevard

As I was looking at the security vendors and their technologies, I realized that security vendors that apparently peaked in relevance, say, in the mid-2000s had huge booths and did brisk business, selling whatever they sold before. RSA 2006–2015 In Anton’s Blog Posts! So, what was the theme that came to me as I was wandering the halls?

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Promising Jobs at the U.S. Postal Service, ‘US Job Services’ Leaks Customer Data

Krebs on Security

The leaked records indicate the network’s chief technology officer in Pakistan has been hacked for the past year, and that the entire operation was created by the principals of a Tennessee-based telemarketing firm that has promoted USPS employment websites since 2016. “I loved Russ deeply and he was like family.

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