Tag: Sysadmins
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Sysadmin and spouse admit to part in ‘massive’ pirated Avaya licenses scam
A sysadmin and his partner pleaded guilty this week to being part of a “massive” international ring that sold software licenses worth $88 …
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Why Enterprise Threat Mitigation Requires Automated, Single-Purpose Tools
As much as threat mitigation is to a degree a specialist task involving cybersecurity experts, the day to day of threat mitigation often …
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Sysadmins: Why not simply verify there’s no backdoor in every program you install, and thus avoid any cyber-drama?
Half of publicly reported supply chain attacks were carried out by “well known APT groups”, according to an analysis by EU infosec agency …
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Notorious FIN7 Hackers Group SysAdmin Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison For Hacking $3 Billion Worth Debit & Credit Cards
A citizen of Ukraine, Fedir Hladyr was sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for a set of cyberattacks that generated more than $3 billion worth …
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Sysadmin for FIN7 criminal cracking group gets 10 years in US prison for managing card slurping malware scam
The former systems administrator for the FIN7 card-slurping gang has been sentenced to 10 years in a US prison. Fedir Hladyr, 35, pled …
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Sysadmin of fake cybersecurity company sentenced to jail after billion-dollar crime spree
Notorious FIN7 gang stole payment card details from retailers around the world Cybercrime gang posed as penetration testing firm to recruit …
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The Top Free Tools for Sysadmins in 2021
It’s no secret that sysadmins have plenty on their plates. Managing, troubleshooting, and updating software or hardware is a tedious …
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Sysadmins need to know – how DO you pronounce “sudo”?
Most of the year, sysadmins have to worry about things that are bugging YOU. They have to worry about the things that YOU need fixed right …
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Fired sysadmin pleads guilty to doxxing five senators on Wikipedia
Cosko, 27, pleaded guilty to two counts of making public restricted personal information, one count of computer fraud, one count of witness tampering and one count of obstruction of justice related to publicizing the private information of five senators in autumn 2018. …
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El Chapo was brought down by a sysadmin
It’s time to crown a new sysadmin From hell. Or from heaven, if you’re law …
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Reddit helps admin solve mystery of rogue Raspberry Pi
Finding a mysterious circuit board plugged into a network that you are tasked with managing is always going to be a disconcerting moment …
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