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Notorious Malware, Spam Host “Prospero” Moves to Kaspersky Lab

Krebs on Security

One of the most notorious providers of abuse-friendly “bulletproof” web hosting for cybercriminals has started routing its operations through networks run by the Russian antivirus and security firm Kaspersky Lab , KrebsOnSecurity has learned. But in September 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) barred U.S.

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Former Russian Cybersecurity Chief Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison

Krebs on Security

In 2013, Vrublevsky was convicted of hiring his most-trusted spammer and malware writer to launch a crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against one of his company’s chief competitors. What exactly was revealed during the trial of Mikhailov and Stoyanov is not clear, as the details surrounding it were classified.

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DirtyMoe botnet infected 100,000+ Windows systems in H1 2021

Security Affairs

The Windows botnet has been active since late 2017, it was mainly used to mine cryptocurrency, but it was also involved in DDoS attacks in 2018. Experts pointed out that the number of infected systems could be far greater because data provided by AVAST are only related to systems running their antivirus solution.

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‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

Krebs on Security

When I first began writing about Vrublevsky in 2009 as a reporter for The Washington Post , ChronoPay and its sister firm Red & Partners (RNP) were earning millions setting up payment infrastructure for fake antivirus peddlers and spammers pimping male enhancement drugs. In 2013, Vrublevsky was sentenced to 2.5

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 261

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 224 – News of the week

Security Affairs

BlackBerry Cylance addresses AI-based antivirus engine bypass. WSJ says Equifax to Pay $700 million settlement for 2017 breach. Comodo Antivirus is affected by several vulnerabilities. Imperva blocked the largest Layer 7 DDoS attack it has ever seen. Hackers published a list of allegedly phished Discord login credentials.

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How to Prevent DNS Attacks: DNS Security Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Design robust server architecture to improve redundancy and capacity for resilience against failure or DDoS attacks. Implement rate limiting to harden against DDoS and DNS tunneling attacks. Anti-DDoS configurations can enhance server architecture DDoS to protect DNS. Firewalls should be hardened to close unneeded ports.

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