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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

Krebs on Security

.” Over the course of his 15-year cybercriminal career, Severa would emerge as a pivotal figure in the cybercrime underground , serving as the primary moderator of a spam community that spanned multiple top Russian cybercrime forums. In this paid ad from 2004, Severa lists prices to rent his spam botnet.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. From January 2005 to April 2013, there were two primary administrators of the cybercrime forum Spamdot (a.k.a

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

We can learn a lot from the cybercrime of the past…the history of cybercrime is a glimpse into what we can expect in the future. In the past 18 months, we’ve experienced the beginning of an era that has seen cybersecurity and cybercrime at the center of it all. Dateline Cybercrime . Robert Herjavec.

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U.S. Indicts 2 Top Russian Hackers, Sanctions Cryptex

Krebs on Security

The United States today unveiled sanctions and indictments against the alleged proprietor of Joker’s Stash , a now-defunct cybercrime store that peddled tens of millions of payment cards stolen in some of the largest data breaches of the past decade. The answer involved Bitcoin, but also Taleon’s new service.

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Raising Awareness of Connected Device Security

Security Boulevard

October is officially cybersecurity awareness month, originally designated back in 2004 by United States President George W. Cybersecurity Ventures predicts cybercrime to cost the world. Bush and Congress to raise awareness of the growing cybersecurity threat landscape that affects businesses, the government and individuals.

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Hacked Data Broker Accounts Fueled Phony COVID Loans, Unemployment Claims

Krebs on Security

ms , then a major identity theft service in the cybercrime underground, had infiltrated computers at some of America’s large consumer and business data aggregators , including LexisNexis Inc. , Also in 2013, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that ssndob[.]ms Dun & Bradstreet , and Kroll Background America Inc.

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Stark Industries Solutions: An Iron Hammer in the Cloud

Krebs on Security

MIRhosting is a hosting provider founded in The Netherlands in 2004. He also co-runs SURBL , an anti-abuse service that flags domains and Internet address ranges that are strongly associated with spam and cybercrime activity, including DDoS. Intel 471 says DonChicho posted to several Russian cybercrime forums that support@donservers[.]ru

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