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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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China-linked APT group MirrorFace targets Japan

Security Affairs

The campaign has been active since at least 2019, it targets Japanese technology and national security, evolving methods to steal advanced tech and intelligence. Campaign A (20192023): Used emails with malware attachments (LODEINFO) to target politicians, media, and government. ” reads the report published by NPA.“This

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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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Story of the Year: global IT outages and supply chain attacks

SecureList

Media sources reported that explosives had been concealed within the devices. It is a critical tool in various fields, including system administration, development, and cybersecurity. As our reliance on satellite-based technologies increases, these systems are becoming attractive targets for threat actors.

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

Malwarebytes

NTLM is short for New Technology LAN Manager. 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. The DFS namespace is a virtual view of the share. Mitigation.

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North Korean Lazarus APT group targets blockchain tech companies

Malwarebytes

CISA reports that the Lazarus Group has been sending spearphishing messages to employees of cryptocurrency companies—often working in system administration or software development/IT operations (DevOps) roles—using a variety of communication platforms and social media.

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

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Federal Tech Talk, which looks at the world of high technology in the U.S. 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.

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