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From Cybercrime Saul Goodman to the Russian GRU

Krebs on Security

The forum’s member roster includes a Who’s Who of top Russian cybercriminals, and it featured sub-forums for a wide range of cybercrime specialities, including malware, spam, coding and identity theft. One representation of the leaked Mazafaka database. “In order to ESCAPE the law, you need to KNOW the law.

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Russian hacker Andrei Tyurin sentenced to 12 years in prison

Security Affairs

The man was arrested in Georgia at the request of US authorities, he was charged with multiple conspiracy counts, including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and four counts of computer hacking. From 2007 to 2015 TYURIN also conducted cyberattacks against multiple foreign companies. “In addition to the U.S.

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Vulnerable children's identities used in tax fraud scheme

Malwarebytes

The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York has sentenced Ariel "Melo" Jimenez (38) to 12 years in prison for leading a "tax fraud and identity theft conspiracy" that resulted in the fraudulent claiming of tax credits, earning him millions of dollars. A lavish lifestyle. He admitted to spending a total of $5.5M

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Romanian duo convicted of fraud Scheme infecting 400,000 computers

Security Affairs

The duo has been convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit service marks, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and 12 counts each of wire fraud. Sentencing is scheduled for August 24 before Chief Judge Patricia A. Gaughan in the Northern District of Ohio.

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The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

Founded in 2007, Guardtime is a network security company that specializes in deploying distributed, virtualized machines built to execute tasks with cryptographic proofs of correctness. Securing edge devices with identity authentication. Mitigating risk of false key propagation and identity theft. Block Armour.

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A Question of Identity: The Evolution of Identity & Access Management

SecureWorld News

SDP enforces the need-to-know principle by verifying device posture and identity prior to grating access to applications. SSI postulates protection of privacy via a secure and trustworthy identity management framework, and enacts a digital passport to authenticate one's identity using own credentials.

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Founded: 2007. Cybersecurity product categories: Advanced threat protection, managed services , endpoint security , encryption , web gateway , email security, network security, cloud security, antivirus, identity theft protection, website security, mainframe security. Headquarters: San Jose, CA. Annual Revenue: $663 million.