Dan Goodin
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US sanctions operators of “free VPN” that routed crime traffic through user PCs
MALICIOUS BOTNET TECHNOLOGY — 911 S5 residential proxy service was comprised of 19 million IP addresses. Dan Goodin – May…
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Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data
GOING NATIVE — ShrinkLocker is the latest ransomware to use Windows’ full-disk encryption. Dan Goodin – May 24, 2024 10:06…
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Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies
“STAGGERING FRAUD” — Alleged $6.8M conspiracy involved “laptop farm,” identity theft, and résumé coaching. Dan Goodin – May 16, 2024…
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BreachForums, an online bazaar for stolen data, seized by FBI
BUSTED — An earlier iteration of the site was taken down last year; now its reincarnation is gone. Dan Goodin…
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Hacker free-for-all fights for control of home and office routers everywhere
Cybercriminals and spies working for nation-states are surreptitiously coexisting inside the same compromised name-brand routers as they use the devices…
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Missouri county declares state of emergency amid suspected ransomware attack
IT SYSTEMS HELD HOSTAGE — Outage occurs on same day as special election, but elections offices remain open. Dan Goodin…
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“Disabling cyberattacks” are hitting critical US water systems, White House warns
CALL TO ACTION — Biden administration rallies nation’s governors to secure their facilities. Dan Goodin – Mar 20, 2024 12:26…
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ASCII art elicits harmful responses from 5 major AI chatbots
MEET ARTPROMPT — LLMs are trained to block harmful responses. Old-school images can override those rules. Dan Goodin – Mar…
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After years of losing, it’s finally feds’ turn to troll ransomware group
LOOK WHO’S TROLLING NOW — Authorities who took down the ransomware group brag about their epic hack. Dan Goodin –…
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Critical vulnerability affecting most Linux distros allows for bootkits
Linux developers are in the process of patching a high-severity vulnerability that, in certain cases, allows the installation of malware…
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