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Adconion Execs Plead Guilty in Federal Anti-Spam Case

Krebs on Security

The government alleged that between December 2010 and September 2014, the defendants engaged in a conspiracy to identify or pay to identify blocks of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that were registered to others but which were otherwise inactive. Adconion was acquired in June 2014 by Amobee , a Redwood City, Calif.

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Orcus RAT Author Charged in Malware Scheme

Krebs on Security

The accused, 36-year-old John “Armada” Revesz , has maintained that Orcus is a legitimate “ R emote A dministration T ool” aimed at helping system administrators remotely manage their computers, and that he’s not responsible for how licensed customers use his product. In 2014, the U.S.

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NSA warns Russia-linked APT group is exploiting Exim flaw since 2019

Security Affairs

” GRU Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST) hackers of . .” ” GRU Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST) hackers of . Hackers belonging to the Unit 74455, under the Russian GRU Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST), are exploiting the Exim issue after an update was issued in June 2019.

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Yomi Hunter Catches the CurveBall

Security Affairs

Many system administrators and companies were rushing to update internet exposed machines, like web servers or gateways, worried about possible remote code execution, reviving the EternalBlue /WannaCry crisis in their mind. . Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CIA elite hacking unit was not able to protect its tools and cyber weapons

Security Affairs

. “Had the data been stolen for the benefit of a state adversary and not published, we might still be unaware of the loss—as would be true for the vast majority of data on Agency mission systems” “CIA works to incorporate best-in-class technologies to keep ahead of and defend against ever-evolving threats.”

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CISA’s MAR warns of North Korean BLINDINGCAN RAT

Security Affairs

A threat group with a nexus to North Korea targeted government contractors early this year to gather intelligence surrounding key military and energy technologies.” 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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Only now we known that International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was hacked in 2016

Security Affairs

“Mail server, domain administrator and system administrator accounts were all affected, giving cyberespions access to the past and current passwords of more than 2,000 ICAO system users. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “ reports Radio-Canada. James Wan. .”

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