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Actions Target Russian Govt. Botnet, Hydra Dark Market

Krebs on Security

Also this week, German authorities seized the server infrastructure for the Hydra Market, a bustling underground market for illegal narcotics, stolen data and money laundering that’s been operating since 2015. billion euros in 2020 alone. In a statement on the Hydra takedown , the U.S.

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Joker’s Stash Carding Market to Call it Quits

Krebs on Security

But 2020 turned out to be a tough year for Joker’s Stash. 16, 2020, several of Joker’s long-held domains began displaying notices that the sites had been seized by the U.S. Image: Gemini Advisory. Then on Dec. Department of Justice and Interpol.

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UK Sets Up Fake Booter Sites To Muddy DDoS Market

Krebs on Security

The United Kingdom, which has been battling its fair share of domestic booter bosses, started running online ads in 2020 aimed at young people who search the Web for booter services. . § 1030), and may result in arrest and prosecution, the seizure of computers or other electronics, as well as prison sentences and a penalty or fine.

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Ubiquiti Developer Charged With Extortion, Causing 2020 “Breach”

Krebs on Security

They allege that in late December 2020, Sharp applied for a job at another technology company, and then abused his privileged access to Ubiquiti’s systems at Amazon’s AWS cloud service and the company’s GitHub accounts to download large amounts of proprietary data. .

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Monetization Monitor: Monetization Models and Pricing 2020

Tech companies must focus on how to take products to market, through effective pricing, delivery, and monetization. The COVID-19 global pandemic emphasizes the need to both protect current revenues and build a foundation that promotes growth as the economy recovers. Download this research report from Revenera to learn more.

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MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years

Krebs on Security

From June 30, 2020 until January 14, 2025, one of the core Internet servers that MasterCard uses to direct traffic for portions of the mastercard.com network was misnamed. “Dont dismiss risk, and dont let your marketing team handle security disclosures.” A DNS lookup on the domain az.mastercard.com on Jan.

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DDoS attacks in Q4 2020

SecureList

In Q4 2020, Citrix ADC (application delivery controller) devices became one such tool, when perpetrators abused their DTLS interface. Overall, Q4 remained within the parameters of 2020 trends. Extortionists’ activity regularly made the news throughout 2020. This trend continued in the last months of 2020.

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