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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

Krebs on Security

Junk email campaigns touting employment or “money mule” scams cost $300 per million, and phishing emails could be blasted out through Severa’s botnet for the bargain price of $500 per million. For $200, vetted users could hire his botnet to blast one million emails containing malware or ads for male enhancement drugs.

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Experts found 20 Million tax records for Russian citizens exposed online

Security Affairs

“The first database contained more than 14 million personal and tax records from 2010 to 2016, and the second included over 6 million from 2009 to 2015.” “Affected individuals could be at risk of identity theft and should monitor their accounts closely. ” continues the experts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Scammers, profiteers, and shady sites? It must be tax season

Malwarebytes

Most of the tax-related attacks follow a few tried and true methods: A phishing email or scam call from someone purporting to be from the IRS, or an accountant offering to help you get a big refund. The first snapshot promoting an online tax filing service shows up in 2010. And the consequences of that theft can be devastating.

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Cloud Hopper operation hit 8 of the world’s biggest IT service providers

Security Affairs

indictment in December that accused two Chinese nationals of identity theft and fraud. Even is HPE has been hacked multiple times since 2010, most of the hack occurred between 2015 and 2017. .” reads a report published by the Reuters agency. “The hacking campaign, known as “ Cloud Hopper ,” was the subject of a U.S.

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New Cyberthreats for 2021

Adam Levin

Approximately 30% of phishing web pages were related to Covid-19. In April 2020, Google reported 18 million instances per day of malware and phishing email sent via its Gmail service using Covid-related topics as a lure. Phishing emails were a prevalent mode of attack, and they have been in circulation since at least the mid-1990s.

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

But constant breaches of organizations large and small, and a trail of victims to ransomware and phishing opened a massive opportunity. Founded: 2010. It’s a pretty secure market too, given that employees are the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain and ransomware and phishing remain top threats. McAfee Enterprise.

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

Herjavec Group

Justice Department announces more than 70 indictments and 125 convictions or arrests for phishing, hacking, spamming and other Internet fraud as part of Operation CyberSweep. . 2010 — The Stuxnet Worm — A malicious computer virus called the world’s first digital weapon is able to target control systems used to monitor industrial facilities.