Articles for August 2017

A Russian man accused of infecting tens of thousands of computer servers worldwide to generate millions in fraudulent payments has been imprisoned for 46 months (nearly four years) in a United States’ federal prison.

41-year-old Maxim Senakh, of Velikii Novgorod, was arrested by Finnish police in August 2015 for his role in the development and maintenance of the infamous Linux botnet called Ebury that siphoned millions of dollars from victims worldwide.

Senakh was extradited to the United States in February 2016 to face charges and pleaded guilty in late Marchthis year after admitting of creating a massive Ebury botnet and personally being profited from the scheme.

Source: Hacker Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Spreading Linux Malware

The cyber criminals behind the global WannaCry ransomware attack that caused chaos worldwide have finally cashed out their ransom payments.

Nearly three months ago, the WannaCry ransomware shut down hospitals, telecom providers, and many businesses worldwide, infecting hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 150 countries, encrypting files and then charging victims $300-$600 for the keys.

WannaCry was really bad, as the nasty ransomware forced the British NHS (National Health Service) to shut down hospitals and doctor’s surgeries, and infected a Spanish telecommunications company and Russian mobile operator, among much more.

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If you can follow the breadcrumbs, you can always find what you are looking for.  This is not, really, new information… just a new explanation.

This week’s super-scary security topic is deanonymisation – we explain how it works.

Source: Anatomy of a privacy fail – when “Dark Data” gives away your identity