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Adconion Execs Plead Guilty in Federal Anti-Spam Case

Krebs on Security

For many years, Dye was a system administrator for Optinrealbig , a Colorado company that relentlessly pimped all manner of junk email, from mortgage leads and adult-related services to counterfeit products and Viagra.

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Feds Allege Adconion Employees Hijacked IP Addresses for Spamming

Krebs on Security

That a case of such potential import for the digital marketing industry has escaped any media attention for so long is unusual but not surprising given what’s at stake for the companies involved and for the government’s ongoing investigations. Dye has been charged with violations of the CAN-SPAM Act.

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News alert: Security Risk Advisors launchs VECTR Enterprise Edition for ‘purple team’ benchmarking

The Last Watchdog

This allows user teams to focus on testing, reporting, and remediation without additional burden on system administrators. About Security Risk Advisors: Security Risk Advisors offers Purple Teams, Cloud Security, Penetration Testing, Cyber-Physical Systems Security and 24x7x365 Cybersecurity Operations. Learn more at [link].

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Orcus RAT Author Charged in Malware Scheme

Krebs on Security

The accused, 36-year-old John “Armada” Revesz , has maintained that Orcus is a legitimate “ R emote A dministration T ool” aimed at helping system administrators remotely manage their computers, and that he’s not responsible for how licensed customers use his product. An advertisement for Orcus RAT.

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DFSCoerce, a new NTLM relay attack, can take control over a Windows domain

Malwarebytes

PetitPotam is an example of an NTLM relay attack that prompted Microsoft to send out an advisory for system administrators to stop using the now deprecated Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) to thwart an attack. PetitPotam used the Microsoft Encrypting File System Remote Protocol (MS-EFSRPC) protocol to execute an NTLM attack.

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Nick Jovanovic, VP Federal of Thales eSecurity Federal, Speaks to Media about Data Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

When Edward Snowden used his credentials as a system administrator to access thousands of pages of sensitive information, companies like Thales eSecurity Federal sought out solutions that gave “granular” access to the document. It would be naïve to suggest that malicious actors haven’t breached your defenses.

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Four in-the-wild exploits, 13 critical patches headline bumper Patch Tuesday

Malwarebytes

Looking at the urgency levels Microsoft has assigned to them, system administrators have their work cut out for them once again: 13 criticial patches 103 important patches. Windows Media Foundation. Two other critical vulnerabilities, and one considered important, were found in Microsoft Windows Media Foundation.

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