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Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

Krebs on Security

Ngo’s businesses enabled an entire generation of cybercriminals to commit an estimated $1 billion worth of new account fraud , and to sully the credit histories of countless Americans in the process. “They would discover [my accounts] and fix it, and I would discover a new vulnerability and hack them again.”

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RSAC insights: SolarWinds hack illustrates why software builds need scrutiny — at deployment

The Last Watchdog

However, one possible scenario is that they obtained a targeted employee’s login credentials and then used that employee’s account to pivot to and take control of the build system, Pericin says. It is undisclosed how the Russia-sponsored attackers got control of the SolarWinds build machine.

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Prilex: the pricey prickle credit card complex

SecureList

The first two samples had 2010/2011 as the compilation date, as shown on the graph below. SPSniffer , which we described in 2010: both families are able to intercept signals from PIN pads , but use different approaches in doing so. The table above shows the data collected from the malware. A link to the past.

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Who is the Network Access Broker ‘Wazawaka?’

Krebs on Security

In 2014, Wazawaka confided to another crime forum member via private message that he made good money stealing accounts from drug dealers on these marketplaces. “I used to steal their QIWI accounts with up to $500k in them,” Wazawaka recalled. ” WHO IS WAZAWAKA? . ” WHO IS WAZAWAKA?

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Mystic Stealer

Security Boulevard

"Stealers" are a kind of malware designed to run on an endpoint post-compromise, while their primary features center on the theft of user data. Large commercial hosting provider Hetzner (AS24940) accounts for nearly half of the hosts in addition to a number at OVH (AS16276). me/+ZjiasReCKmo2N2Rk (Mystic Stealer News). Trojan.Mystic.KV

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Best Network Monitoring Tools for 2022

eSecurity Planet

Founded in 2010 by veteran SaaS and DevOps industry leaders, Datadog specializes in optimizing the service-oriented architecture, helping organizations monitor user journeys and explore service relationships. Network Monitoring Software Features.

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Best SIEM Tools & Software for 2022

eSecurity Planet

Long-term search capabilities for slower threats spanning historical data. Access to 350+ cloud connectors for data collection and API-based cloud integrations. A screenshot of the User Account Management dashboard on LogPoint. Cloud-native platform with on-demand scalability and SaaS subscription pricing.

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