Author Archives: Kevin Townsend

Dark Web Chatter: What Other Russian Hackers Are Saying About the REvil Arrests

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The takedown of the REvil ransomware gang by the Russian FSB on January 14, 2022, took the world by surprise. Before this, the unwritten rule was that hackers would be safe in Russia provided they did not attack Russia.
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Cloud Detection and Response Firm Permiso Emerges From Stealth With $10M in Funding

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Cloud infrastructure identity detection and response firm Permiso has emerged from stealth with $10 million seed funding. The company identifies and tracks human, machine, vendor and service provider identities in IaaS and PaaS infrastructures.
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VirusTotal Hacking Offers a Supercharged Version of Google Hacking

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Chronicle’s VirusTotal (VT) is a boon to security researchers and a gift to potential criminals. Apart from virus samples it contains likely millions of user credentials readily available to anyone who knows where and how to look.
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World Economic Forum Highlights Continued Gap Between Security and Business Leaders

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Despite the current ‘buzz’ cliché phrase that ‘security is top of mind’ with business leadership, a new report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) highlights the continuing gap between business and security leaders.
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