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

The Last Watchdog

It gives system administrators a way to secure each microsegment, separately. Disrupting firewalls Gurvich makes no bones about the fact that Guardicore has set out to disrupt a portion of the $9 billion firewall market. So we don’t break anything or leave too many things open, like a firewall might do.”

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Adconion Execs Plead Guilty in Federal Anti-Spam Case

Krebs on Security

“While defendants touted ties to well-known name brands, the email marketing campaigns associated with the hijacked IP addresses included advertisements such as ‘BigBeautifulWomen,’ ‘iPhone4S Promos,’ and ‘LatinLove[Cost-per-Click].'”

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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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Feds Allege Adconion Employees Hijacked IP Addresses for Spamming

Krebs on Security

Most of the spammers Hostswinds terminated were sending messages for marketing programs that sign consumers up for various products or services which bill monthly and can be very difficult for consumers to cancel. Interestingly, in 2014 Spamhaus was sued by Blackstar Media LLC , a bulk email marketing company and subsidiary of Adconion.

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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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Meet the Administrators of the RSOCKS Proxy Botnet

Krebs on Security

Kloster says he’s worked in many large companies in Omsk as a system administrator, web developer and photographer. But the malware-based proxy services have struggled to remain competitive in a cybercrime market with increasingly sophisticated proxy services that offer many additional features.

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News alert: Security Risk Advisors launchs VECTR Enterprise Edition for ‘purple team’ benchmarking

The Last Watchdog

This allows user teams to focus on testing, reporting, and remediation without additional burden on system administrators. About Security Risk Advisors: Security Risk Advisors offers Purple Teams, Cloud Security, Penetration Testing, Cyber-Physical Systems Security and 24x7x365 Cybersecurity Operations. Learn more at [link].

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