Security Leftovers
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Russian man with Kremlin ties gets 9 years in US prison for hacking and insider trading scheme
A wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison for his role in a nearly $100 million stock market cheating scheme that relied on secret earnings information stolen through the hacking of U.S. computer networks.
Vladislav Klyushin, who ran a Moscow-based information technology company that did work for the highest levels of the Russian government, was convicted in February of charges including wire fraud and securities fraud after a two-week trial in federal court in Boston.
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Massive ransomware attack on Sri Lanka’s state email domain
All Government offices using the “gov.lk” email domain, including the Cabinet Office, have lost data from May 17 to August 26, 2023, after a massive ransomware attack, the Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) has confirmed.
The virus could have affected around 5,000 email addresses, ICTA CEO Mahesh Perera said, admitting that there was no offline backup for around two-and-a-half month’s worth of data.
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Why Open Source Operating Systems Are Utilised by Hackers the Most?
The popularity of open source operating systems (OS) is evident in various tech circles. However, it’s intriguing to note how they particularly resonate with the hacker community. Let’s delve deeper into the reasons why hackers find open source OSs to be their platform of choice.
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Free Software Security Podcast Episode 392 – Curl and the calamity of CVE
Josh and Kurt talk about why CVE is making the news lately. Things are not well in the CVE program, and it’s not looking like anything will get fixed anytime soon. Josh and Kurt have a unique set of knowledge around CVE.