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Administrator of RSOCKS Proxy Botnet Pleads Guilty

Krebs on Security

Many of the infected systems were Internet of Things (IoT) devices , including industrial control systems, time clocks, routers, audio/video streaming devices, and smart garage door openers. “Thanks to you, we are now developing in the field of information security and anonymity!,” Kloster’s blog enthused. “We

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Meet the Administrators of the RSOCKS Proxy Botnet

Krebs on Security

RUSdot is the successor forum to Spamdot , a far more secretive and restricted forum where most of the world’s top spammers, virus writers and cybercriminals collaborated for years before the community’s implosion in 2010. “Thanks to you, we are now developing in the field of information security and anonymity!,”

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Russia-linked Energetic Bear APT behind San Francisco airport attacks

Security Affairs

The Energetic Bear APT group has been active since at least 2010 most of the victims of the group are organizations in the energy and industrial sectors. The Energetic Bear APT group has been active since at least 2010 most of the victims of the group are organizations in the energy and industrial sectors.

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BORN Ontario data breach impacted 3.4 million newborns and pregnancy care patients

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. “The personal health information that was copied was collected from a large network of mostly Ontario health care facilities and providers regarding fertility, pregnancy, newborn and child health care offered between January 2010 and May 2023.”

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Iran announced to have foiled massive cyberattacks on public services

Security Affairs

“The report said that unidentified parties behind the cyberattacks used Internet Protocols in the Netherlands, Britain and the United States to stage the attacks.” However, Iranian authorities always blame foreign hackers for the attacks on local critical infrastructure. ” reported the Associated Press.

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Most organizations have yet to fix CVE-2020-0688 Microsoft Exchange flaw

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Security experts Simon Zuckerbraun from Zero Day Initiative published technical details on how to exploit the Microsoft Exchange CVE-2020-0688 along with a video PoC. The vulnerability impacts Microsoft Exchange 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2019. “How many of these are vulnerable?

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Google reported that Microsoft failed to fix a Windows zero-day flaw

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On May 19, 2010, ZDI published an advisory after that threat actors exploited the flaw in the wild in a campaign tracked as “ Operation PowerFall.” .” Splwow64.exe exe is a Windows core system file that allows 32-bit applications to connect with the 64-bit printer spooler service on x64 Windows builds.

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