Sunday, 30 November 2025

What can you learn from reading the exploits of the most successful hacking ring ever brought to justice? Recently, the US Attorney’s Office in NJ unsealed their indictment against a mostly Russian—one American co-conspirator was also named—gang of cyber-criminals who are alleged to have snatched over 160 million credit card numbers resulting in more than $300 million in losses over seven years. In scanning through the indictment, I was left with the strong impression that this group had a rock-solid business model, excelled at executing on their plans, and was actually good at following IT security principles—better than their victims.

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London: The 2013 European Computer Audit, Control and Security (EuroCACS) / Information Security and Risk Management (ISRM) conference will take place at Hilton London Metropole on the 16th - 18th September 2013. The "New Era, New Edge" event is hosted by ISACA- a non-profit, global association serving more than 110,000 IT governance, assurance, risk and security professionals—and will address hot industry topics such as data privacy, the consumerisation of IT, bring your own device (BYOD), cloud services and social media. Keynote speeches will be given by Amar Singh, chair of the ISACA London Chapter Security Advisory Group, and John Meakin, chief information security officer and head of risk for RBS.

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New exacqVision appliance offers a cost-effective solution for up to 32 cameras with powerful remote and mobile access included

INDIANAPOLIS: Exacq Technologies, a leading manufacturer of video management system (VMS) software and recorders used for video surveillance, has released the new LC-Series hybrid and IP camera network video recorder (NVR) appliances.

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  1. AppLayer’s Recruitbox ‘app store’ gives IT service providers tools to offer bespoke cloud solutions to recruitment agencies
  2. EU-Project ADABTS gives a successful final demonstration of new video analysis functionalities
  3. BSIA renews section’s commitment to property and asset protection
  4. Allen-Vanguard launches new threat “Open Source” intelligence portal
  5. Technocover aiming for LPCB issue 7 certification for UltraSecure access cover range at security levels 2, 3 and 4
  6. HTS launches VRS - the next generation of vehicle recognition solutions
  7. Stoke-On-Trent penetration testing specialist appoints hypnotist
  8. WatchGuard introduces data loss prevention solution for unified threat management
  9. TDSi opens new Midlands and North UK regional office
  10. IPSecurityCenter PSIM integrates with FFT CAMS for major US refinery
  11. Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines turns to Websense for real-time malware protection
  12. World on alert as U.S. closes embassies in some Muslim nations…plus other global issues
  13. Exacq Technologies announces integration with Prism Skylabs
  14. Pixel perfecttTiming attacks pose risk for new generation of browsers
  15. Datum, the business-class datacentre provider, sets the ground for further expansion with two new Sales & Marketing appointments



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