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Ten Years Later, New Clues in the Target Breach

Krebs on Security

Rescator, advertising a new batch of cards stolen in a 2014 breach at P.F. Investigators would later determine that a variant of the malware used in the Target breach was used in 2014 to steal 56 million payment cards from Home Depot customers. Chang’s.

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Former Russian Cybersecurity Chief Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison

Krebs on Security

The men — a former Russian cyber intelligence official and an executive at Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab — were reportedly prosecuted for their part in an investigation into Pavel Vrublevsky , a convicted cybercriminal who ran one of the world’s biggest spam networks and was a major focus of my 2014 book, Spam Nation.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 248

Security Affairs

Chinese hackers exploited a Trend Micro antivirus zero-day used in Mitsubishi Electric hack. For the second time in a few days, Greek Government websites hit by DDoS attacks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 210 – News of the week

Security Affairs

A new DDoS technique abuses HTML5 Hyperlink Audit Ping in massive attacks. Operator of Codeshop Cybercrime Marketplace Sentenced to 90 months in prison. Avast, Avira, Sophos and other antivirus solutions show problems after. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Phishers prefer Tesla, top 3 malware strains in Coronavirus phishing campaigns

Security Affairs

To trick antivirus software, threat actors include the passwords for accessing the content in the email subject line, in the archive name, or in subsequent correspondence with the victim. Post on a hacker forum from a user announcing discounts on DDoS services due to the crisis caused by COVID-19. Source: Group-IB Threat Intelligence.

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Pirate Ship Sailing to Developing World: Group-IB Uncovers Real Captains of Online Piracy Crew

Security Affairs

The purpose of this report is to deliver a devastating blow to cybercrime by uncovering key organizations sponsoring pirates and exposing the entire criminal structure of online piracy. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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IT threat evolution Q3 2021

SecureList

While the MBR infection has been known since at least 2014, details on the UEFI bootkit were publicly revealed for the first time in our private report on FinSpy. In July, the Spanish Ministry of the Interior announced the arrest of 16 people connected to the Grandoreiro and Melcoz (aka Mekotio) cybercrime groups. In version 16.80.0

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