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Meet the Administrators of the RSOCKS Proxy Botnet

Krebs on Security

The user “RSOCKS” on the Russian crime forum Verified changed his name to RSOCKS from a previous handle: “ Stanx ,” whose very first sales thread on Verified in 2016 quickly ran afoul of the forum’s rules and prompted a public chastisement by the forum’s administrator. ” the post enthuses.

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Russian-speaking cybercrime evolution: What changed from 2016 to 2021

SecureList

Back in 2016, the primary focus of our expert was on major cybergangs that targeted financial institutions, banks in particular. Let’s delve into some of the major shifts that have taken place in the cybersecurity sphere in the past five years and see how they have transformed the way Russian-speaking cybercriminals operate.

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Only now we known that International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was hacked in 2016

Security Affairs

Canadian media revealed that in November 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was a hit by a large-scale cyberattack. “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.

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Cybersecurity agencies: You don’t have to delete PowerShell to secure it

Malwarebytes

Cybersecurity authorities from the United States, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom have released a joint Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CIS) on PowerShell that attempts to answer that question. The post Cybersecurity agencies: You don’t have to delete PowerShell to secure it appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Critical Microsoft Windows Vulnerability found

CyberSecurity Insiders

Or else they are on the verge of getting hacked by cyber crooks that could then install programs, view or delete data or even create new user accounts of a PC without the knowledge of the user or the system administration if/when on network. .

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

Security Affairs

According to an internal report drown up after the 2016 data breach that led to the ‘ Vault 7 ‘ data leak, a specialized CIA unit involved in the development of hacking tools and cyber weapons failed in protecting its operations and was able to respond after the leak of its secrets. ” reported The Washington Post.

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Four in-the-wild exploits, 13 critical patches headline bumper Patch Tuesday

Malwarebytes

Looking at the urgency levels Microsoft has assigned to them, system administrators have their work cut out for them once again: 13 criticial patches 103 important patches. CVE-2021-33771 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability for Windows Server 2012, Server 2016, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10.

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