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A Croatian national has been arrested for allegedly operating NetWire, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) marketed on cybercrime forums since 2012 as a stealthy way to spy on infected systems and siphon passwords. The arrest coincided with a seizure of the NetWire sales website by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). While the defendant in this case hasn’t yet been named publicly, the NetWire website has been leaking information about the likely true identity and location of its owner for the past 11 years.

Security Wired

March 9, 2023 admin

The FBI Just Admitted It Bought US Location Data

Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:45:17 +0000

Rather than obtaining a warrant, the bureau purchased sensitive data—a controversial practice that privacy advocates say is deeply problematic.

Kaspersky Security

March 9, 2023 admin

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 289 | Kaspersky official blog

Credit to Author: David Buxton| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 15:52:18 +0000

TikTok time limits, gamers fight back against hackers and FTX woes continue

Security Sophos

March 9, 2023 admin

A border-hopping PlugX USB worm takes its act on the road

Credit to Author: Gabor Szappanos| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 11:00:02 +0000

Borne aloft by DLL sideloading, a far-flung infection touches ten time zones

Security TrendMicro

March 9, 2023 admin

Examining Ransomware Payments From a Data-Science Lens

Credit to Author: Vladimir Kropotov| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

In this entry, we discuss case studies that demonstrated how data-science techniques were applied in our investigation of ransomware groups’ ransom transactions, as detailed in our joint research with Waratah Analytics, “What Decision-Makers Need to Know About Ransomware Risk.”

Kaspersky Security

March 9, 2023 admin