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Former Botmaster, ‘Darkode’ Founder is CTO of Hacked Bitcoin Mining Firm ‘NiceHash’

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 16:48:18 +0000

On Dec. 6, 2017, approximately USD $52 million worth of Bitcoin mysteriously disappeared from the coffers of NiceHash, a Slovenian company that lets users sell their computing power to help others mine virtual currencies. As the investigation into the heist nears the end of its second week, many Nice-Hash users have expressed surprise to learn that the company’s chief technology officer recently served several years in prison for operating and reselling a massive botnet, and for creating and running ‘Darkode,” until recently the world’s most bustling English-language cybercrime forum.

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Tech support scammer tries to sell free software

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 16:13:16 +0000

Watch as a Malwarebytes researcher catches a rather rude tech support scammer from AmericaGeeks in the act.

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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of December 11, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 16:06:45 +0000

If you read my weekly blog or follow me on Twitter, you know that I’m a huge sports fan. Unfortunately, when you don’t live in the town of your favorite team, you can be subject to blackout rules. So, my husband and I decided to purchase NFL Sunday Ticket from DirecTV. Fast forward to a…

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Apple and Cisco just improved security in the iOS enterprise

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 06:47:00 -0800

Apple and Cisco have struck yet another blow for enterprise IT. They know that iOS is the most secure mobile solution, but that’s not everything because mobile threats are incredibly complex these days.

The enigma code

Here’s a scenario: You work in an enterprise with perhaps 1,000 other employees. One morning, perhaps 50 of you woke to find an authentic-seeming email in your in-box that requests you click on a link to update some system related to the work you do. While many employees remembered not to click on that link, a small number did click. No one thought too much of the email — spam is frequent and most just thought the mail was aimed at them.

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Global Adoption of Fortinet Secure SD-WAN

Credit to Author: Trish Borrmann and Nirav Shah| Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:45:59 +0000

The compelling benefits of SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network) architectures are catching the attention of companies around the world. SD-WAN offers application-awareness combined with increased performance, flexibility, and simplicity when compared to fundamentally more expensive legacy WAN technologies.

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