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Who is the GovRAT Author and Mirai Botmaster ‘Bestbuy’?

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 11:25:14 +0000

In February 2017, authorities in the United Kingdom arrested a 29-year-old U.K. man on suspicion of knocking more than 900,000 Germans offline in an attack tied to Mirai, a malware strain that enslaves Internet of Things (IoT) devices like security cameras and Internet routers for use in large-scale cyberattacks. Investigators haven’t yet released the man’s name, but news reports suggest he may be better known by the hacker handle “Bestbuy.” This post will follow a trail of clues back to one likely real-life identity of Bestbuy.

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SSTIC 2017 in a Nutshell

Credit to Author: Axelle Apvrille| Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2017 12:58:00 +0000

This blog post is a summary of SSTIC, a major infosec conference held in France. As usual, this year’s conference came with excellent presentations. The sessions have been recorded, and the papers are available on the website, although most of the content is in French. For a detailed wrap-up of SSTIC, please read @xme: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 SSTIC is one of the few IT conferences which (1) ask authors to submit full papers, (2) from which you return with information or tools to work on, and (3) whose presentations are mostly…

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A week in security (June 26 – July 02)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2017 19:24:13 +0000

A compilation of security news and blog posts from the 26th of June to the 2nd of July. We delved deep into EternalPetya, the latest ransomware to make headlines last week. We also outed a fake WannaCry scanner and touched on other topics like adware, an educational campaign, and phishing.

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Byline: Petya, Wannacry, and Mirai – Is This the New Normal?

Credit to Author: Derek Manky| Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2017 12:58:00 +0000

This past year, cybercriminals have upped the stakes once again with the high profile, global attacks of Mirai, Wannacry, and Petya, launched one after the other. Of course, large-scale attacks aren’t new. Attacks like the ILOVEYOU worm and Code Red and Nimda were massive attacks, some of which affected exponentially more devices and organizations that this latest round of attacks. The spread of WannaCry and Petya were quickly curbed unlike these worms of the past. But this isn’t just about scale. Unlike in years past, the new digital…

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