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On the 20th Safer Internet Day, what was security like back in 2004?

Malwarebytes

Since 2004, there's been an annual event designed to "Promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world." 2004 was a key year for several safety activities, encompassing both Safer Internet Day and the Safer Internet Forum. Help required.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

From one of his ads in 2005: Domains For Projects Advertised By Spam I can register bulletproof domains for sites and projects advertised by spam(of course they must be legal). It states that the yearbook for the Amtek class of 2004 is hosted at 41.wmpay[.]com. Icamis promoted his services in 2003 — such as bulk-domains[.]info

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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

Krebs on Security

His central role in the spam forums gave Severa a prime spot to advertise the services tied to his various botnets, while allowing him to keep tabs on the activities of other spammers. In this paid ad from 2004, Severa lists prices to rent his spam botnet. Severa was a moderator on the Russian spam community Spamdot[.]biz.

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Sophos Sandboxie is now available as an open-source tool

Security Affairs

” The sandbox was developed by Ronen Tzur and released on June 26, 2004, he sold the solution to Invincea in 2013. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Sandbox, malware).

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The Great $50M African IP Address Heist

Krebs on Security

That individual — Ernest Byaruhanga — was only the second person hired at AFRINIC back in 2004. Historic WHOIS records from domaintools.com [a former advertiser on this site] indicate Byaruhanga was the registrant of two domain names tied to this company — ipv4leasing.org and.net — back in 2013.

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Mozilla offers bigger rewards for Firefox flaws under its bug bounty program

Security Affairs

Mozilla announced some major changes to its bug bounty program that was first launched in 2004. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Mozilla, hacking).

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Britain’s information commissioner fines British Airways for 2018 Hack

Security Affairs

. “The ICO has specific responsibilities set out in the Data Protection Act 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. ” concludes the ICO.

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