Krebs on Security

JANUARY 11, 2022

Wazawaka spent his early days on Exploit and other forums selling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that could knock websites offline for about USD $80 a day. was used to register three domains between 2008 and 2010: ddosis.ru , best-stalker.com , and cs-arena.org. “Come, rob, and get dough! .

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The JabberZeus crew’s name is derived from the malware they used, which was configured to send them a Jabber instant message each time a new victim entered a one-time password code into a phishing page mimicking their bank. “In early October, the Ukrainian surveillance team said they’d lost him,” he wrote.

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Banking Small Business Accountability Cybercrime 277

ForAllSecure

APRIL 21, 2023

The first computer password was created in 1961, when Fernando Corbató and his team at MIT created the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS). To ensure that users could access only their own files and programs, the team created a system of passwords that allowed users to log in and access their personal data.

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Hacking Cybersecurity Internet Internet 75

Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. She connects him to any phone number he requests for free.

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Cybercrime Computers and Electronics Banking Hacking 135

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The document contained a list of pornographic sites, along with passwords for access to said sites and would then spread itself and its NSFW content by emailing the first 50 people in the victim’s contact list. Going Mobile and Going Global: 2001-2010. However, DDoS attacks on ProtonMail continued even after the ransom was paid.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

Networks can also be easily breached by social engineering, password theft, or tainted USBs, as in the Stuxnet attack. . . BlackEnergy is a Trojan capable of distributed denial of service (DDoS), cyber espionage and information destruction attacks. Their tactics went beyond the typical DDoS attack.

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Energy and Utilities Malware DDOS Internet 72

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. With the EDB PostgreSQL Advanced Server, clients gain features like password profiles, enhanced audit logging, and data redaction. Through acquisitions in the 2000s, SAP launched their database platform, HANA, in 2010.

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