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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

These services can be used in a legitimate manner for several business purposes — such as price comparisons or sales intelligence — but they are massively abused for hiding cybercrime activity because they can make it difficult to trace malicious traffic to its original source. ” A depiction of the Proxygate service.

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Data Loss Prevention for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

IT Security Guru

On the other hand, small-sized companies are also vulnerable to increasing cybercrime and the rapidly evolving threat landscape since they need more resources to hire security professionals and need more expertise. Adhering to these regulations safeguards sensitive information and prevents any legal consequences.

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Ransomware Revival: Troldesh becomes a leader by the number of attacks

Security Affairs

To bypass antivirus systems, hackers send out malicious emails in non-working hours with delayed activation. CERT-GIB’s report is based on data collected and analyzed by the Threat Detection System (TDS) Polygon as part of operations to prevent and detect threats distributed online in H1 2019 in more than 60 countries.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

Here’s a look at some of the more notable cybercrime stories from the past year, as covered by KrebsOnSecurity and elsewhere. This bold about-face dumbfounded many longtime Norton users because antivirus firms had spent years broadly classifying all cryptomining programs as malware.

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Introducing the Digital Footprint Portal

Malwarebytes

More than a decade ago, Malwarebytes revolutionized the antivirus industry by prioritizing the security of all individuals. Today, Malwarebytes is now also revolutionizing digital life protection by safeguarding the data that serves as the backbone of your identity, your privacy, your reputation, and your well-being online.

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Hundreds of C-level executives credentials available for $100 to $1500 per account

Security Affairs

The news reported by ZDnet is not surprising, I have discovered several times such kind of offer, but it is important to raise awareness on the cybercrime-as-a-service model that could rapidly enable threat actors to carry out malicious activities. Exploit.in

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Good game, well played: an overview of gaming-related cyberthreats in 2022

SecureList

Once executed on the attacked system, RedLine Stealer collects system information, including device user names, the operating system type, and information about the hardware, installed browsers, and antivirus solutions. Launching the malware resulted in decryption and activation of a Trojan-stealer dubbed Taurus.

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