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Tech CEO Sentenced to 5 Years in IP Address Scheme

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By 2013, a number of Micfo’s customers had landed on the radar of Spamhaus , a group that many network operators rely upon to stem the tide of junk email.

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KrebsOnSecurity in New Netflix Series on Cybercrime

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. “What starts out virtual can get real all too quickly — and when the web is worldwide, so are the consequences.” Our first swatting, in March 2013, resulted in Fairfax County, Va. ” Our family has been victimized by multiple swatting attacks over the past decade.

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Who’s Behind the SWAT USA Reshipping Service?

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Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 says Fearlless first registered on Verified in February 2013. SWAT agreed to transfer the business in exchange for 30 percent of the net profit over the ensuing six months. ” There are two clues supporting the conclusion that Apathyp and Fearlless are the same person.

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‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

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In 2013, Vrublevsky was sentenced to 2.5 Festi also was the botnet used in the DDoS attack that sent Vrubelvsky to prison for two years in 2013. RedEye also was the administrator of Crutop , a Russian language forum and affiliate program that catered to thousands of adult webmasters.

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The Great $50M African IP Address Heist

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Historic WHOIS records from domaintools.com [a former advertiser on this site] indicate Byaruhanga was the registrant of two domain names tied to this company — ipv4leasing.org and.net — back in 2013. Spamhaus says it ultimately traced the domains advertised in those spam emails back to Adconion Direct , a U.S.

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This Service Helps Malware Authors Fix Flaws in their Code

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” From 2013 to 2016, upO was a major player on Exploit[.]in Over the years he’s had several partners in the project, including two very high-profile cybercriminals (or possibly just one, as we’ll see in a moment) who until recently operated under the hacker aliases “ upO ” and “ Lebron.”

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Experian, You Have Some Explaining to Do

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2013: Experian Sold Consumer Data to ID Theft Service. More greatest hits from Experian: 2017: Experian Site Can Give Anyone Your Credit Freeze PIN. 2015: Experian Breach Affects 15 Million Customers. 2015: Experian Breach Tied to NY-NJ ID Theft Ring. 2015: At Experian, Security Attrition Amid Acquisitions.