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How Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks

Krebs on Security

An analysis of their technology infrastructure shows that all of these exchanges use Russian email providers, and most are directly hosted in Russia or by Russia-backed ISPs with infrastructure in Europe (e.g. This business registry from the Czech Republic indicates Ms.

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AkiraBot: AI-Powered spam bot evades CAPTCHA to target 80,000+ websites

Security Affairs

As the tool evolved, the targeting expanded to include websites built using GoDaddy and Wix, as well as generic website contact forms, which includes websites built using Squarespace, and likely other technologies.” ” reads the report published by SentinelOne. ” SentinelLab concludes.

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U.S. Justice Department Cracks Down on Scattered Spider Phishing Ring

SecureWorld News

The phishing text messages often stated that the employees' accounts were about to be deactivated and provided links to phishing websites which were designed to look like legitimate websites of the victim companies or their contracted suppliers and lure the recipient into providing confidential information, including account login credentials.

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Exposed eyes: 40,000 security cameras vulnerable to remote hacking

Security Affairs

Excluding telecommunications, the technology sector has the most exposed cameras (28.4%), followed by media (19.6%), utilities (11.9%), business services (10.7%), and education (10.6%). Analysis by organizational sector showed the Telecommunications sector (79%) dominated due to widespread consumer use.

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Stormous Ransomware gang targets North Country HealthCare, claims 600K patient data stolen

Security Affairs

The group has targeted at least 150 organizations, focusing on sectors like healthcare, hospitality, technology, business services, and government. .” Stormous is a pro-Russia ransomware group active since early 2022. It uses a double extortion model. Most of the victims are in Spain, the U.S., UAE, France, and Brazil.

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Think Linux desktop market share isn't over 6%? This 15 million-system scan says otherwise

Zero Day

Also: 5 command line backup tools every Linux user should use for desktops and servers Examining the Linux desktop by business type revealed that industries such as business services, consumer and retail, and government show significantly higher Linux adoption in Europe compared to North America.

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Who’s Behind the DomainNetworks Snail Mail Scam?

Krebs on Security

com says it is a business with a post office box in Hendersonville, N.C., There are a few random, non-technology businesses tied to the phone number listed for the Hendersonville address, and the New Mexico address was used by several no-name web hosting companies. The website Domainnetworks[.]com and Renton, Wash.