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Tracing the Supply Chain Attack on Android

Krebs on Security

com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. In July 2017, Russian antivirus vendor Dr.Web published research showing that Triada had been installed by default on at least four low-cost Android models. jyhxz.net 2013-07-02 — longmen[.]com

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Breach Exposes Users of Microleaves Proxy Service

Krebs on Security

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. The very first discussion thread started by the new user Microleaves on the forum BlackHatWorld in 2013 sought forum members who could help test and grow the proxy network.

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‘Data poisoning’ that leverage machine learning may be the next big attack vector

SC Magazine

Data poisoning attacks against the machine learning used in security software may be attackers’ next big vector, said Johannes Ullrich, dean of research of SANS Technology Institute. Data poisoning has been involved signature-based antivirus in the past. (Amy Sacka for Microsoft).

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Tracing the Supply Chain Attack on Android

Krebs on Security

com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. In July 2017, Russian antivirus vendor Dr.Web published research showing that Triada had been installed by default on at least four low-cost Android models. jyhxz.net 2013-07-02 — longmen[.]com

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Researchers Perform An Analysis on Chinese Malware Used Against Russian Government

Hacker Combat

It started its activities in 2013 and targets organizations in Russia and CIS. In operation since 2013, the TA428 group has been focusing on East Asian government agencies. In operation since 2013, the TA428 group has been focusing on East Asian government agencies.

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Could Your Company Survive a Ransomware Attack?

CyberSecurity Insiders

CryptoLocker: Another cryptocurrency attack took place in 2013 at the hands of a piece of ransomware called CryptoLocker. As technology advances, ransomware becomes more sophisticated and more challenging to stop. One of the root causes of the WannaCry attacks was computers without updated Windows security.

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‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

Krebs on Security

Pavel Vrublevsky , founder of the Russian payment technology firm ChronoPay and the antagonist in my 2014 book “ Spam Nation ,” was arrested in Moscow this month and charged with fraud. In 2013, Vrublevsky was sentenced to 2.5 “I do not think that it was a reason for his arrest,” Artimovich said.

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