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China Says U.S. Hacking Huawei Since 2009

SecureWorld News

National Security Agency (NSA) of infiltrating Huawei servers since as early as 2009. These allegations, which were made via China's official WeChat account , claim that the Tailored Access Operations (TAO) unit of the NSA conducted cyberattacks in 2009 and maintained continuous surveillance on Huawei's servers.

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The man behind Cardplanet credit card market sentenced to 9 years in prison

Security Affairs

A 30-year old Russian national was sentenced to nine years in prison for running Cardplanet and Direct Connection credit card market. The man operated the Cardplanet site between at least early 2009 through at least August 2013. In November, the suspect has been extradited to the US to face criminal charges. Pierluigi Paganini.

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AI and the SEC Whistleblower Program

Schneier on Security

In 2009, after Bernie Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme was exposed, Congress authorized the SEC to award bounties from civil penalties recovered from securities law violators. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has created a market distortion replete with perverse incentives. It worked in a big way.

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‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

Krebs on Security

Russian authorities allege Vrublevsky operated several fraudulent SMS-based payment schemes, and facilitated money laundering for Hydra , the largest Russian darknet market. prison for his role in the 2009 theft of more than $9 million from RBS Worldpay. ” The Hydra darknet market. Police made search of 22 people.

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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

This post is a deep dive on “ Megatraffer ,” a veteran Russian hacker who has practically cornered the underground market for malware focused code-signing certificates since 2015. In November 2009, Fitis wrote, “I am the perfect criminal. One of Megatraffer’s ads on an English-language cybercrime forum.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

And a great many of these “proxy” networks are marketed primarily to cybercriminals seeking to anonymize their traffic by routing it through an infected PC, router or mobile device. SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com Page translation from Russian via Google Translate.

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Backdoor in XZ Utils That Almost Happened

Schneier on Security

He has been in charge of XZ Utils since he wrote it in 2009. The market economy rewards this sort of insecurity. Many open-source libraries, like XZ Utils, are maintained by volunteers. In the case of XZ Utils, it’s one person, named Lasse Collin. This is a systems problem.) Beginning in at least 2021, Collin was personally targeted.

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