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KrebsOnSecurity in New Netflix Series on Cybercrime

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2022 14:58:56 +0000

Netflix has a new documentary series airing next week — “Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies & the Internet” — in which Yours Truly apparently has a decent amount of screen time. The debut episode explores the far-too-common harassment tactic of “swatting” — wherein fake bomb threats or hostage situations are phoned in to police as part of a scheme to trick them into visiting potentially deadly force on a target’s address.

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RSA 2022: Prometheus ransomware’s flaws inspired researchers to try to build a near-universal decryption tool

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 23:26:16 +0000

Prometheus ransomware contained a weak random number generator that inspired researchers to try and build a one-size-fits-all decryptor.

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