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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

Krebs on Security

Levashov has been in federal custody since his extradition to the United States and guilty plea in 2018, and was facing up to 12 more years in prison. Severa ran several affiliate programs that paid cybercriminals to trick people into installing fake antivirus software. A native of St. The government argued that under U.S.

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MY TAKE: How consumer-grade VPNs are enabling individuals to do DIY security

The Last Watchdog

I’ve written this countless times: keep your antivirus updated, click judiciously, practice good password hygiene. VPN subscriptions surge every time there’s a Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal or a headline-grabbing identity theft caper, like the unemployment payments hacks that swept across the U.S. percent ten years ago.

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How to manage the security risk of remote working

CyberSecurity Insiders

According to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) the number of data breaches reported in 2021 eclipsed that of 2020 by as early as October. Even prior to the pandemic, back in 2018, IBM revealed a startling 424% year-on-year increase in data breaches due to cloud misconfigurations caused by human error.

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A previously undetected FIN7 BIOLOAD loader drops new Carbanak Backdoor

Security Affairs

In August 2018, three members of the notorious cybercrime gang have been indicted and charged with 26 felony counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer hacking, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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FIN7 Hackers group is back with a new loader and a new RAT

Security Affairs

In August 2018, three members of the notorious cybercrime gang have been indicted and charged with 26 felony counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer hacking, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Fin7 is suspected to have hit more than 100 US companies, most of them in the restaurant, hospitality, and industries.

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Malvertising Campaign Targets IoT Devices: GeoEdge

eSecurity Planet

billion in 2018. Threat actors have the capability to silently exploit millions of user endpoints without interacting with web page elements to carry out attacks such as ransomware delivery, identity theft, crypto mining or other forms of criminal monetization.”. For users, antivirus [and] firewalls are not sufficient,” he said.

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Spotlight Podcast: At 15 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Grows with Cyber Risk

The Security Ledger

And what does Cyber Security Awareness Month mean in 2018 as opposed to 2003? ” Compared with today, those were sleepy times – when you might update your desktop antivirus weekly or even monthly -like changing the batteries in your TV remote, but not be overly concerned about debilitating cyber attacks or scams, Schrader noted.