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Why Were the Russians So Set Against This Hacker Being Extradited?

November 18, 2019 admin A Little Sunshine, alexei burkov, Cybereason, directconnection, evgeniy mikhailovich bogachev, fox-it, fraudcrew, k0pa, mazafaka, Ne'er-Do-Well News, slavik, spamdot

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 21:19:10 +0000

The Russian government has for the past four years been fighting to keep 29-year-old alleged cybercriminal Alexei Burkov from being extradited by Israel to the United States. When Israeli authorities turned down requests to send him back to Russia — supposedly to face separate hacking charges there — the Russians then imprisoned an Israeli woman for seven years on trumped-up drug charges in a bid to trade prisoners. That effort failed as well, and Burkov had his first appearance in a U.S. court last week. What follows are some clues that might explain why the Russians are so eager to reclaim this young man.

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Dahua, Hikvision IoT Devices Under Siege

March 10, 2017 admin Amit Serper, bashis, Cybereason, Dahua backdoor, DH-IPC-HDBW13A0SN, DH-IPC-HDBW23A0RN-ZS, DH-IPC-HDW13A0SN, DH-IPC-HDW23A0RN-ZS, DH-IPC-HFW13A0SN-W, Hikvision, Other, P2P, UPnP

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:07:51 +0000

Dahua, the world’s second-largest maker of “Internet of Things” devices like security cameras and digital video recorders (DVRs), has shipped a software update that closes a gaping security hole in a broad swath of its products. The vulnerability allows anyone to bypass the login process for these devices and gain remote, direct control over vulnerable systems. Adding urgency to the situation, there is now code available online that allows anyone to exploit this bug and commandeer a large number of IoT devices.