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‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

Krebs on Security

Russian authorities allege Vrublevsky operated several fraudulent SMS-based payment schemes, and facilitated money laundering for Hydra , the largest Russian darknet market. prison for his role in the 2009 theft of more than $9 million from RBS Worldpay. In 2013, Vrublevsky was sentenced to 2.5

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Worldwide law enforcement action takes down major DDoS booter services

Malwarebytes

Criminals making use of booter services which execute Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks to take down websites will have to try a little bit harder today: A major international operation has taken no fewer than 48 of the most popular booter services offline. The FBI has seized this website for operating as a DDoS-for-hire service.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

And a great many of these “proxy” networks are marketed primarily to cybercriminals seeking to anonymize their traffic by routing it through an infected PC, router or mobile device. SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com Page translation from Russian via Google Translate.

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

As the demand for robust security defense grows by the day, the market for cybersecurity technology has exploded, as well as the number of available solutions. Splunk is the darling of the IT Service Management (ITSM) market. Trend Micro is another big name that has sagged in terms of brand appeal and market dominance.

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

1834 — French Telegraph System — A pair of thieves hack the French Telegraph System and steal financial market information, effectively conducting the world’s first cyberattack. 2002 – Internet Attack — By targeting the thirteen Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a DDoS attack assaults the entire Internet for an hour.

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Though the global Database Management System (DBMS) market knows heavy hitters like Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM, several security vendors and open source databases offer vital database security tools too. Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more.

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The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

DDoS: Overwhelming the Network. In the age-old denial of service (DDoS) attack, a fleet of attacker devices can overwhelm an organization’s web server, thus blocking access to legitimate users. Starting with Bitcoin (BTC) in 2009, it’s the on and off again hype of cryptocurrency that’s led the blockchain technology movement.