Windows TCO and Security Leftovers
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Tor ☛ Thank you! Our 2023 year-end fundraising results 🎉 | The Tor Project
Today I am happy to share the results of the Tor Project’s 2023 year-end fundraising campaign.
From October through December 2023, you answered the call for support by contributing $427,558 to power the Tor network, Tor Browser, onion services, Snowflake, and the ecosystem of tools and services built and maintained by the Tor Project.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Russian military botnet discovered on 1000+ compromised routers — FBI deactivated Moobot by taking control of impacted routers
A GRU botnet using Moobot was installed on unsecured routers (including those belonging to many homes and small businesses) with default admin passwords.
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LinuxSecurity ☛ European Court of Human Rights Declares Backdoored Encryption Illegal
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has made a major decision , ruling that laws requiring weakened encryption and extensive data retention violate the European Convention on Human Rights. In a recent case involving Russia's demand for Telegram to provide encryption assistance, the Court stated that such legislation cannot be considered necessary in a democratic society.
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Security Week ☛ Ukrainian Pleads Guilty in US to Key Role in Zeus, IcedID Malware Operations
Ukrainian national Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov has pleaded guilty to holding key roles in the Zeus and IcedID malware operations.
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Windows TCO
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RFERL ☛ U.S. Offers Rewards Worth Millions For Info On Russian Ransomware Group
The ransomware-as-a-service model involves developers who create and update ransomware and maintain the illicit Internet infrastructure used. Affiliates are responsible for identifying victims and attacking them with the ransomware. After a victim pays, developers and affiliates share the proceeds.
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Tripwire ☛ Rhysida ransomware cracked! Free decryption tool released
A group of South Korean security researchers have uncovered a vulnerability in the infamous ransomware. This vulnerability provides a way for encrypted files to be unscrambled.
Researchers from Kookmin University describe how they exploited an implementation flaw in Rhysida’s code to regenerate its encryption key in a technical paper about their findings.
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Security Week ☛ Cyberattacks on Hospitals Are Likely to Increase, Putting Lives at Risk, Experts Warn
Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a premier Midwestern children’s hospital, and that the U.S. government is doing too little prevent such breaches.
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