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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Krebs on Security

This post examines the activities of Khoroshev’s many alter egos on the cybercrime forums, and tracks the career of a gifted malware author who has written and sold malicious code for the past 14 years. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. Image: treasury.gov. “P.S.

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CSPM vs CWPP vs CIEM vs CNAPP: What’s the Difference?

eSecurity Planet

Gartner played a big role in the development of cloud security terminology, coining the term “Cloud Workload Protection Platform” in 2010 to describe a tool used for safeguarding virtual machines and containers. With these, each workload is shielded from evolving threats like malware, ransomware, and data breaches.