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Alleged FruitFly malware creator ruled incompetent to stand trial

Malwarebytes

On January 4, 2017, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), located in Cleveland, Ohio, became aware of an infection on more than 100 of its computers. On January 10 2017, and unaware of this ongoing investigation, Malwarebytes became aware of the Mac version of the malware that would become known as FruitFly.

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Doxing in the corporate sector

SecureList

For example, in July of 2017, the data of 14 million Verizon users was breached due to incorrectly configured buckets. Identity theft. One result of doxing aimed at an individual employee may also be theft of their identity. Let’s examine one of the potential attack scenarios involving identity theft.

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Spam and phishing in 2022

SecureList

The scheme likely aimed at identity theft: the illegal use of others’ personal details for deriving profit. The cybercrooks might also use the data to contact their victims later, staging a more convincing swindle. This increased usage meant the users’ risk of losing personal data was now higher, too.

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