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Shafer’s attorney appeals revocation of his pretrial release

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Dissent

Attorneys for Justin Shafer have appealed the revocation of his pretrial release. As regular readers of this site likely know already, Shafer has been in jail since April on charges of cyberstalking an FBI agent and the agent’s family. Those cyberstalking charges have nothing to do with three FBI raids conducted on Shafer prior to…

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UK’s National Cyber Security Centre makes note of TheDarkOverlord

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Dissent

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, part of the GCHQ, saw fit to include a notice about TheDarkOverlord in their Weekly Threat Report of November 3. Their weekly threat report is drawn from open source reporting. The Dark Overlord – Systematic cyber-enabled extortion A cyber crime group called ‘The Dark Overlord’ has claimed responsibility for…

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Exclusive: Government attempt to compromise us with NIT failed – TheDarkOverlord

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Dissent

In an exclusive interview with DataBreaches.net, TheDarkOverlord discusses government attempts to compromise them and the commercial success of their operations.  While reporting on TheDarkOverlord hack involving the information of Flathead, Montana students, Matt Hoffman of the Billings Gazette included a somewhat surprising detail: At one point, unsuccessful raids were conducted in London attempting to locate hackers,…

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Equifax Was Warned

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Dissent

Last year, a security researcher alerted Equifax that anyone could have stolen the personal data of all Americans. The company failed to heed the warning. Great reporting by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on Motherboard. Go read it all.

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Thirty Percent of CEO Email Accounts Exposed in Breaches: Study

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Dissent

Kevin Townsend reports: Thirty percent of CEOs from the world’s largest organizations have had their company email address and password stolen from a breached service. Given the continuing tendency for users to employ simple passwords and reuse the same passwords across multiple accounts, the implication is that at least some of these CEOs are at…

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Dark web vendors are selling remote access to corporate PCs for as little as $3

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Dissent

Danny Palmer reports: Dark Web marketplaces are selling remote access to desktop PCs for as little as $3, allowing criminals to spy on firms without resorting to malware. […] One of the most popular underground stores selling access is ‘Ultimate Anonymity Services’. Founded in early 2016, UAS offers over 35,000 RDP credentials for sale in…

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