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Evil Corp threat actors indicted by DOJ
The U.S. Justice Department indicts two alleged members of the Russian threat group behind the Dridex banking Trojan, known as Evil Corp, and offers a $5 million bounty.
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Advances in security tools are changing threat management processes. Learn how infosec pros are utilizing UTM platforms, AI and threat intelligence services to alleviate risk.
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HackerOne pays bounty on its own platform bug
A security researcher used a mishandled session cookie to access private HackerOne bug reports with an account takeover attack and earned a bug bounty for their efforts.
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NSS Labs ends legal battle against endpoint security vendors
NSS Labs dropped its antitrust suit against the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization, Symantec and ESET, ending a contentious legal battle in the endpoint security market.
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Evil Corp threat actors indicted by DOJ
The U.S. Justice Department indicts two alleged members of the Russian threat group behind the Dridex banking Trojan, known as Evil Corp, and offers a $5 million bounty.
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Data security breaches
HackerOne pays bounty on its own platform bug
A security researcher used a mishandled session cookie to access private HackerOne bug reports with an account takeover attack and earned a bug bounty for their efforts.
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NSS Labs ends legal battle against endpoint security vendors
NSS Labs dropped its antitrust suit against the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization, Symantec and ESET, ending a contentious legal battle in the endpoint security market.