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Career Choice Tip: Cybercrime is Mostly Boring

Krebs on Security

The findings come in a new paper released by researchers at Cambridge University’s Cybercrime Centre , which examined the quality and types of work needed to build, maintain and defend illicit enterprises that make up a large portion of the cybercrime-as-a-service market.

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Orcus RAT Author Charged in Malware Scheme

Krebs on Security

In July 2016, KrebsOnSecurity published a story identifying a Toronto man as the author of the Orcus RAT , a software product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. This week, Canadian authorities criminally charged him with orchestrating an international malware scheme.

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NEW TECH: ‘Micro-segmentation’ security vendor Guardicore seeks to disrupt firewall market

The Last Watchdog

Related: Micro-segmentation taken to the personal device level The flip side, of course, is that an already wide-open attack surface – one that has been getting plundered for the past two decades by criminal hacking groups — is getting scaled up, as well. It gives system administrators a way to secure each microsegment, separately.

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Meet the Administrators of the RSOCKS Proxy Botnet

Krebs on Security

last week said they dismantled the “ RSOCKS ” botnet, a collection of millions of hacked devices that were sold as “proxies” to cybercriminals looking for ways to route their malicious traffic through someone else’s computer. The RUSdot mailer, the email spamming tool made and sold by the administrator of RSOCKS.

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Canadian Police Raid ‘Orcus RAT’ Author

Krebs on Security

Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer behind “ Orcus RAT ,” a product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. Tips from international private cyber security firms triggered the investigation.”.

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Top 9 Trends In Cybersecurity Careers for 2025

eSecurity Planet

Networking and system administration: Security professionals must instinctively understand network and system concepts. Knowledge of cloud systems architecture and how it interacts with various devices is invaluable. Programming languages: Being a competent coder increases your attractiveness as a cybersecurity asset.

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MY TAKE: Black Hat USA 2024’s big takeaway – GenAI factors into the quest for digital resiliency

The Last Watchdog

For starters the ring is aimed at system administrators and senior executives, but could eventually go mainstream. based Black Girls Hack and London-based Security Blue Team. And I also spoke with Melissa Boyle , marketing manager at Security Blue Team, about the array of free and paid cybersecurity skills training services.

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