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Leader Of Russian Cybercrime Ring Pleads Guilty

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Infraud was created in 2010 by Svyatoslav Bondarenko, 34, of Ukraine, to promote and grow interest in the Infraud Organization as the premier destination for purchasing retail items with counterfeit or stolen credit card information online, the Justice Department alleged in the indictment. In April, a joint study by the U.S.

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ESET Finds Malware That Could Target Power Supplies

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The recent attack on the Ukrainian power grid should serve as a wake-up call for all those responsible for the security of critical systems around the world,” warns ESET Senior Malware Researcher Anton Cherepanov in the release. This report on cybersecurity comes as Ukraine is becoming more of a hotbed for cyber criminals.

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Putting FIs Through Cybersecurity Drills To Prepare For The Next Big One

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Since 2004, October has been observed as National Cyber Security Awareness Month by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Meanwhile, the recently released PYMNTS Global Fraud Index , produced in collaboration with Signifyd, found that instances of global fraud increased by 5.5 percent from Q2 2016 to Q2 2017.

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Girding For Iran’s Cyberattacks On The US — Where Past May Be Prologue

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A posting tied to the image stated the page had been “hacked by Iran Cyber Security Group Hackers. This is only [a] small part of Iran’s cyber ability! Get ready, then, for a scramble from chief information security officers and their teams to shore up various sites — on-premise and in the cloud.

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