Recent Security News
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U.S. DoJ Cracks Down on North Korean IT Scammers Defrauding Global Businesses
October 20, 2023 at 05:03AM The U.S. government has seized 17 website domains used by North Korean IT workers who engaged in fraudulent activities, evaded sanctions, and funded the country’s ballistic missile program. The Department of Justice confiscated $1.5 million of revenue collected by these workers. The workers primarily reside in China and Russia, deceiving…
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E-Root admin faces 20 years for selling stolen RDP, SSH accounts
October 19, 2023 at 06:49PM Sandu Diaconu, operator of the illegal E-Root marketplace, has been extradited to the U.S. to face a potential 20-year prison sentence for selling access to compromised computers. Diaconu was arrested in the U.K. after authorities seized E-Root’s domains. The U.S. seeks both imprisonment and forfeiture of Diaconu’s criminal proceeds. E-Root…
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E-Root market admin faces 20 years for selling stolen RDP, SSH accounts
October 19, 2023 at 06:42PM Sandu Diaconu, operator of the E-Root marketplace, has been extradited to the U.S. to face a maximum imprisonment penalty of 20 years. He is accused of selling access to compromised computers. Evidence suggests over 350,000 compromised systems were listed for sale on E-Root, including government systems and those from various…
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BlackCat ransomware uses new ‘Munchkin’ Linux VM in stealthy attacks
October 19, 2023 at 05:46PM BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware is using a new tool called ‘Munchkin’ to deploy encryptors on network devices stealthily. The tool runs on virtual machines and allows threat actors to dump passwords, spread on the network, build encryptor payloads, and execute programs on computers. Munchkin makes the ransomware operation more attractive to cybercriminals.…
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AI ‘Will Have a Significant Impact on Energy Industry,’ EPRI Tells Congress
October 19, 2023 at 05:24PM EPRI Senior Technical Executive, Jeremy Renshaw, testified before a U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on the benefits and challenges of using artificial intelligence (AI) in the energy sector. EPRI has been studying AI’s potential impacts on the energy sector for over a decade and has been involved in over…