Krebs on Security

MARCH 15, 2021

In two of the intrusions (against the Russian hacking forums “Mazafaka” and “Verified”) — the attackers made off with the forums’ user databases, including email and Internet addresses and hashed passwords. That’s about when AOL sold the platform in 2010 to Russian investor DST for $187.5

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Passwords Accountability Hacking Data breaches 349

Schneier on Security

AUGUST 28, 2019

Before the Internet revolution, military-grade electronics were different from consumer-grade. That changed with the rise of Internet commerce, because the needs of commercial applications more closely mirrored the needs of the military. They're critical to national security as well as personal security.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 10, 2024

This brought to mind 2010, the year I wrote news stories for USA TODAY about Mark Zuckerberg declaring privacy was “ no longer a social norm ” and Google CEO Eric Schmidt admitting that Google’s privacy policy was to “ get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.” For a full drill down, please give the a listen.

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Data collection Internet Internet Technology 261

Krebs on Security

JUNE 10, 2022

At the outset of their federal criminal trial for hijacking vast swaths of Internet addresses for use in large-scale email spam campaigns, three current or former executives at online advertising firm Adconion Direct (now Amobee ) have pleaded guilty to lesser misdemeanor charges of fraud and misrepresentation via email.

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Government Marketing Internet Internet 333

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 24, 2023

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. Later in its existence, the RSOCKS botnet expanded into compromising Android devices and conventional computers. Image: archive.org.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Megatraffer explained that malware purveyors need a certificate because many antivirus products will be far more interested in unsigned software, and because signed files downloaded from the Internet don’t tend to get blocked by security features built into modern web browsers. “Why do I need a certificate? Image: Archive.org.

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Malware Cybercrime Software Accountability 314

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

was released in October 2010. Much more effort is needed to make home routers as secure as current desktop of server systems. One comment on the report: One-third ship with Linux kernel version 2.6.36 You can walk into a store today and buy a brand new router powered by software that’s almost 10 years out of date!

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Firmware Software Engineering Internet 319

CSO Magazine

MARCH 29, 2021

Being the backbone of the internet, the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol has undergone a series of improvements and enhancements over the past few years. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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DNS Encryption Internet Internet 135

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The majority of the most dangerous or “critical” bugs deal with issues in Microsoft’s various Windows operating systems and its web browsers, Internet Explorer and Edge.

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Software Backups Authentication Internet 323

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Report ransomware incidents to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) , CISA, or MS-ISAC. Key findings from the advisory The advisory highlights the rapid and efficient attack lifecycle of Ghost ransomware, with some incidents seeing full encryption within a single day. Develop and test ransomware response plans.

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Ransomware IoT Encryption Social Engineering 113

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg infamously declared that privacy “is no longer a social norm” in 2010, he was merely parroting a corporate imperative that Google had long since established. You can judge the efficacy of The Internet Society’s newly-minted protocols for yourself. This is coming from an august body.

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Internet Internet Data privacy Engineering 113

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Microsoft today released updates to plug nearly 100 security holes in various versions of its Windows operating system and related software, including a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) that is actively being exploited. Another flaw fixed this month in Microsoft Exchange 2010 through 2019 may merit special attention.

Backups 68

Backups Malware Internet Internet 68

Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Like the United States, China is more likely to try to get data from the US communications infrastructure, or from the large Internet companies that already collect data on our every move as part of their business model. If there's any lesson from all of this, it's that everybody spies using the Internet. The United States does it.

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Surveillance Wireless Government Internet 249

Krebs on Security

JUNE 22, 2022

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. Even today, the RUSdot Mailer is advertised for sale at the top of the RUSdot community forum.

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Advertising Cybercrime System Administration Hacking 320

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 26, 2020

For several years beginning around 2010, a lone teenager in Vietnam named Hieu Minh Ngo ran one of the Internet’s most profitable and popular services for selling “ fullz ,” stolen identity records that included a consumer’s name, date of birth, Social Security number and email and physical address.

Identity Theft 355

Identity Theft Computers and Electronics Hacking Accountability 355

Krebs on Security

APRIL 18, 2023

Kilmer said Faceless has emerged as one of the underground’s most reliable malware-based proxy services, mainly because its proxy network has traditionally included a great many compromised “Internet of Things” devices — such as media sharing servers — that are seldom included on malware or spam block lists.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 1, 2023

Gen Z refers to those born between mid-to-late 1990s and 2010, making them between the ages of 11 and 28. During the period, the internet went from a somewhat new thing to something people used daily, further increased by the easy access brought by smartphones. To read this article in full, please click here

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 21, 2020

Last year, Julian Assange was charged by the US with doing essentially the same thing with Chelsea Manning: The indictment alleges that in March 2010, Assange engaged in a conspiracy with Chelsea Manning, a former intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army, to assist Manning in cracking a password stored on U.S.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Hilderman Many components and systems within an aircraft can exchange data and communicate with each other or with the external internet. Software gaps Similarly, the availability of onboard Wi-Fi services has become increasingly common in commercial aircraft so passengers can stay connected to the internet even during a long flight.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 9, 2023

In October 2012, the WorldWiredLabs domain moved to another dedicated server at the Internet address 198.91.90.7, ” In 2010, someone using the email address dugidox@gmail.com registered the domain dugidox[.]com. which was home to just one other domain: printschoolmedia[.]org org , also registered in 2012.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

An email that Vrublevsky wrote to a ChronoPay employee in 2010 eerily presages the arrests of Mikhailov and Stoyanov, voicing Vrublevsky’s suspicion that the two were closely involved in leaking ChronoPay emails and documents that were seized by Mikhailov’s own division.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Federal prosecutors in California have filed criminal charges against four employees of Adconion Direct , an email advertising firm, alleging they unlawfully hijacked vast swaths of Internet addresses and used them in large-scale spam campaigns. HOSTING IN THE WIND.

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Media Government Marketing Internet 250

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Included in this month’s roundup is something Microsoft actually first started shipping in the third week of September, when it released an emergency update to fix a critical Internet Explorer zero-day flaw ( CVE-2019-1367 ) that was being exploited in the wild.

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Backups Malware Software Internet 42

Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2019

A historic records search at Domaintools on that tosaka1027@gmail.com address says it was used to register 24 Internet domain names , including at least seven that have been conclusively tied to the spread of powerful Android mobile malware. net 2010-11-22 ALIBABA CLOUD COMPUTING (BEIJING) CO., com and rurimeter[.]com 2333youxi[.]com

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 8, 2024

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. w s, icamis[.]ru ru , and icamis[.]biz.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

Launched in 2013, Microleaves is a service that allows customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe. Microleaves works by changing each customer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address every five to ten minutes. pro , Hackforums , OpenSC , and CPAElites. “Online[.]io

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Advertising Software Computers and Electronics Internet 284

Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2020

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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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 3, 2022

I had a chance to discuss the latter with Ravi Srinivasan, CEO of Tel Aviv-based Votiro which launched in 2010 and has grown to . Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW There’s a lot more ground to cover. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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Unstructured Data Malware Digital transformation Authentication 272

CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 8, 2021

Researchers hailing from Harbin Engineering University who have been working on this project since 2010 have written theoretical studies related to the matter on papers.

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Cyber Attacks Artificial Intelligence Wireless Surveillance 141

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Critics charged the IRS’s plan would unfairly disadvantage people with disabilities or limited access to technology or Internet, and that facial recognition systems tend to be less accurate for people with darker skin.

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Insurance Government Authentication Accountability 254

Krebs on Security

JUNE 29, 2023

As first reported by Cyberscoop in 2020, a trial brief in the California investigation identified Nikulin, Kislitsin and two alleged cybercriminals — Oleg Tolstikh and Oleksandr Vitalyevich Ieremenko — as being present during a 2012 meeting at a Moscow hotel, where participants allegedly discussed starting an internet café business.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 3, 2021

That search shows the user bo3dom registered at ipmart-forum.com with the email address devrian27@gmail.com , and from an Internet address in Vilnius, Lithuania. A reverse WHOIS search on “Vytautas Mockus” at DomainTools shows the email address devrian25@gmail.com was used in 2010 to register the domain name perfectmoney[.]co.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

. “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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Data breaches Healthcare Ransomware Hacking 131

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

ISP customer premise equipment (CPE) often uses this web server, and ISP subscribers will typically get these routers in loan for telephony and Internet access. last official release 2010) has a path traversal vulnerability. Configuration information including the TR-069 protocol in use by an internet service provider (ISP).

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Firmware Internet Internet Passwords 145

Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2022

“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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SC Magazine

MARCH 9, 2021

Microsoft is now offering the same patch for the no-longer-supported Exchange Server 2010. Following widespread hacking from the Hafnium group and, perhaps, other groups , Microsoft is now offering the same patch for the no-longer-supported Exchange Server 2010 that it introduced last week for all newer editions. Microsoft).

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 29, 2018

Surveillance capitalism drives much of the internet. Back in 2010, the Wall Street Journal published an award-winning two-year series about how people are tracked both online and offline, titled "What They Know.". It's behind most of the "free" services, and many of the paid ones as well. None of this is new.

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