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Actions Target Russian Govt. Botnet, Hydra Dark Market

Krebs on Security

Department of Justice (DOJ) says the GRU’s hackers built Cyclops Blink by exploiting previously undocumented security weaknesses in firewalls and routers made by both ASUS and WatchGuard Technologies. A statement from the U.S.

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How $100M in Jobless Claims Went to Inmates

Krebs on Security

“We take a defense-in-depth approach, with partitioned networks, and use very sophisticated encryption scheme so that when and if there is a breach, this stuff is firewalled,” he said. Hall says ID.me “You’d have to compromise the tokens at scale and not just the database.

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Infrastructure Laundering: Blending in with the Cloud

Krebs on Security

Silent Push researchers say Funnull may be helping online gamblers in China evade the Communist party’s “Great Firewall,” which blocks access to gambling destinations. Gambling is illegal in China except in Macau, a special administrative region of China.