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Former Ubiquiti Employee Gets 6 Years in Jail for $2 Million Crypto Extortion Case

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A former employee of Ubiquiti has been sentenced to six years in jail after he pleaded guilty to posing as an anonymous hacker and a whistleblower in an attempt to extort almost $2 million worth of cryptocurrency while working at the company.
Nickolas Sharp, 37, was arrested in December 2021 for using his insider access as a senior developer to steal confidential data and sending an anonymous
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What Is a Remote Code Execution Attack? Definition, Risks, and Mitigation Measures

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A remote code execution (RCE) attack consists of adversaries remotely running code on an enterprise`s assets. Threat actors remotely inject and execute code in the victim`s device or system by using local (LAN), or wide area networks (WAN). The code can access servers or software, open backdoors, compromise data, deploy ransomware, etc. Threat actors use […]

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The latest variant of the RapperBot botnet adds cryptojacking capabilities

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FortiGuard Labs Researchers spotted new samples of the RapperBot botnet that support cryptojacking capabilities. FortiGuard Labs researchers have discovered new samples of the RapperBot bot that added cryptojacking capabilities. Researchers from FortiGuard Labs first discovered the previously undetected RapperBot IoT botnet in August, and reported that it is active since mid-June 2022. The bot borrows […]

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Capita warns customers to assume that their data was stolen

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UK outsourcing giant Capita is informing customers that their data may have been stolen in the cyberattack that hit the company in early April. In early April, the UK outsourcing giant Capita confirmed that its staff was locked out of their accounts on Friday after a cyber incident. Capita is one of the government’s biggest […]

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