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DOJ takes action against 22-year-old running RapperBot Botnet
DOJ charges 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Oregon for running RapperBot, a DDoS botnet behind 370K+ attacks in 80+ countries since 2021. The U.S. DOJ charged 22-year-old Ethan Foltz of Oregon for running the RapperBot botnet, used in over 370,000 DDoS-for-hire attacks since 2021. The criminal service is active in over 80 countries, RapperBot enabled large-scale…
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Feds Seize Powerful DDoSHire Service ‘Rapper Botnet’
22-Year-Old Oregon Man Charged With Selling DDoS Attacks Using Mirai Variant. Federal prosecutors have charged Oregon man Ethan Foltz, 22, with administering an on-demand service for disrupting websites called Rapper Bot. Resulting distributed-denial-of-service attacks disrupted DeepSeek and X, as well as the U.S. Department of Defense, which is leading the investigation. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Feds charge alleged administrator of ‘sophisticated’ Rapper Bot botnet
A 22-year-old Oregon man has been charged with running a powerful botnet-for-hire service used to launch hundreds of thousands of cyberattacks worldwide, the U.S. Justice Department said. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/feds-charge-botnet-admin
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Oregon Man Charged in Global “Rapper Bot” DDoSHire Scheme
A massive cybercrime operation tied to one of the internet’s most powerful DDoS-for-hire botnets, Rapper Bot, has been brought down, and at the center of the case is a 22-year-old man from Eugene, Oregon. According to a federal criminal complaint filed on August 6, 2025, in the District of Alaska, Ethan Foltz is alleged to…
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Russia-linked European attacks renew concerns over water cybersecurity
Water utilities should remain vigilant: Although most water facility operators have received repeated warnings over the years that they are desirable targets for Russian, Iranian, and Chinese threat actors, experts say these latest incidents underscore the need to remain vigilant and step up security efforts. If water assets owners have “any kind of control system online,…
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DOJ Charges 22-Year-Old for Running RapperBot Botnet Behind 370,000 DDoS Attacks
A 22-year-old man from the U.S. state of Oregon has been charged with allegedly developing and overseeing a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)-for-hire botnet called RapperBot.Ethan Foltz of Eugene, Oregon, has been identified as the administrator of the service, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said. The botnet has been used to carry out large-scale DDoS-for-hire attacks…
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Agentic AI promises a cybersecurity revolution, with asterisks
Tags: ai, api, authentication, ceo, ciso, cloud, control, cybersecurity, data, endpoint, infrastructure, jobs, LLM, open-source, openai, risk, service, soc, software, supply-chain, technology, tool, update, vulnerabilityTrust, transparency, and moving slowly are crucial: Like all technologies, and perhaps more dramatically than most, agentic AI carries both risks and benefits. One obvious risk of AI agents is that, like most LLM models, they will hallucinate or make errors that could cause problems.”If you want to remove or give agency to a platform…
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What are the Biggest Cybersecurity Nightmares Your Business Might Face in 2025?
In 2025, cybersecurity isn’t just IT’s job, it’s a core business survival skill against faster, smarter and more targeted threats. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/08/what-are-the-biggest-cybersecurity-nightmares-your-business-might-face-in-2025/
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9 things CISOs need know about the dark web
Tags: 2fa, access, ai, attack, automation, backup, blockchain, botnet, breach, captcha, ceo, ciso, communications, corporate, credentials, crypto, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, ddos, deep-fake, defense, detection, dns, exploit, extortion, finance, fraud, group, guide, hacking, identity, incident, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, international, jobs, law, leak, lockbit, malicious, malware, marketplace, mfa, monitoring, network, open-source, phishing, privacy, ransomware, resilience, risk, russia, saas, scam, service, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, vpn, vulnerability, zero-dayNew groups form after major marketplaces are disrupted: International takedown efforts damage infrastructure and curb cybercrime operations by disrupting larger operations, removing major players from the ecosystem and scattering user bases.However, the dark web is highly adaptive and sophisticated actors often maintain contingency plans, including mirrors, backups, and alternative forums, according to Edward Currie, associate…
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Poisoned telemetry can turn AIOps into AI Oops, researchers show
Sysadmins, your job is safe First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/ai_models_can_be_tricked/
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Poisoned telemetry can turn AIOps into AI Oops, researchers show
Sysadmins, your job is safe First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/ai_models_can_be_tricked/
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CSO hiring on the rise: How to land a top security exec role
Tags: access, ai, attack, breach, business, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, finance, governance, government, healthcare, identity, incident, incident response, infrastructure, insurance, jobs, military, network, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, skills, software, strategy, technology, threat, trainingWide-scale AI adoption shaking up skills sought: In terms of the skills wanted of today’s CSO, Fuller agrees that AI is the game-changer.”Organizations are seeking cybersecurity leaders who combine technical depth, AI fluency, and strong interpersonal skills,” Fuller says. “AI literacy is now a baseline expectation, as CISOs must understand how to defend against AI-driven…
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#BHUSA: CISA Execs ‘Hopeful’ for Extension of Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
Leaders of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) pushed back on layoff concerns and highlighted new initiatives First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cisa-cybersecurity-information/
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CISA officials say agency is moving ahead despite workforce purge
Two senior officials defended the agency’s progress amid concerns about the effects of mass layoffs and budget cuts. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-critical-infrastructure-support-progress-black-hat/757170/
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What is a CISO? The top IT security leader role explained
Tags: access, authentication, breach, business, ceo, cio, cisa, ciso, compliance, computer, container, control, corporate, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, ddos, defense, dns, encryption, exploit, finance, firewall, framework, fraud, guide, Hardware, healthcare, infosec, infrastructure, intelligence, international, jobs, kubernetes, mitigation, msp, mssp, network, nist, programming, RedTeam, regulation, risk, risk-management, security-incident, service, skills, software, strategy, technology, threat, training, vpn, zero-day, zero-trust. You’ll often hear people say the difference between the two is that CISOs focus entirely on information security issues, while a CSOs remit is wider, also taking in physical security as well as risk management.But reality is messier. Many companies, especially smaller ones, have only one C-level security officer, called a CSO, with IT…
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So sparen CISOs, ohne die Sicherheit zu torpedieren
Tags: business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, detection, governance, Hardware, iam, intelligence, jobs, risk, risk-management, software, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilityGeht’s dem Security-Budget an den Kragen, ist der Spielraum für CISOs denkbar gering.Vor etlichen Jahren fand sich David Mahdi, heute CISO Advisor beim IAM-Spezialisten Transmit Security, in einer Situation wieder, vor der wohl jedem Sicherheitsentscheider graut: Die Budgets sollten mitten im Jahr drastisch gekürzt werden ohne die Möglichkeit, irgendetwas aufzuschieben. “Das war damals eine unkontrollierbare…
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So sparen CISOs, ohne die Sicherheit zu torpedieren
Tags: business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, detection, governance, Hardware, iam, intelligence, jobs, risk, risk-management, software, strategy, threat, tool, vulnerabilityGeht’s dem Security-Budget an den Kragen, ist der Spielraum für CISOs denkbar gering.Vor etlichen Jahren fand sich David Mahdi, heute CISO Advisor beim IAM-Spezialisten Transmit Security, in einer Situation wieder, vor der wohl jedem Sicherheitsentscheider graut: Die Budgets sollten mitten im Jahr drastisch gekürzt werden ohne die Möglichkeit, irgendetwas aufzuschieben. “Das war damals eine unkontrollierbare…
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Leak Reveals the Workaday Lives of North Korean IT Scammers
Spreadsheets, Slack messages, and files linked to an alleged group of North Korean IT workers expose their meticulous job-planning and targeting”, and the constant surveillance they’re under. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/leaked-data-reveals-the-workaday-lives-of-north-korean-it-scammers/
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ITJobs 5 bittere Wahrheiten
Tags: breach, business, cio, cisco, ciso, cybersecurity, cyersecurity, gartner, germany, jobs, network, risk, risk-management, strategy, trainingViel Geld schützt nicht vor Burnout.Die Nachfrage nach Cybersecurity-Spezialisten ist ähnlich hoch wie deren Gehälter. Laut einem aktuellen, US-zentrischen Benchmark Report von IANS und Artico Search liegt das durchschnittliche Grundgehalt für Führungsrollen im Bereich IT-Security in Nordamerika bei mehr als 150.000 Dollar jährlich. Und auch wenn die Vergütung in Europa und Deutschland generell etwas geringer…
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ITJobs 5 bittere Wahrheiten
Tags: breach, business, cio, cisco, ciso, cybersecurity, cyersecurity, gartner, germany, jobs, network, risk, risk-management, strategy, trainingViel Geld schützt nicht vor Burnout.Die Nachfrage nach Cybersecurity-Spezialisten ist ähnlich hoch wie deren Gehälter. Laut einem aktuellen, US-zentrischen Benchmark Report von IANS und Artico Search liegt das durchschnittliche Grundgehalt für Führungsrollen im Bereich IT-Security in Nordamerika bei mehr als 150.000 Dollar jährlich. Und auch wenn die Vergütung in Europa und Deutschland generell etwas geringer…
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What Identity Federation Means for Workloads in Cloud-Native Environments
7 min readManaging identity across cloud providers used to be a human problem think SSO portals and workforce identity sync. However, as infrastructure becomes more automated, the real fragmentation now resides between workloads: CI/CD pipelines authenticating to SaaS tools, containers accessing APIs, and jobs calling into services across clouds. Each environment has its identity system,…
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Click Here to Serve: How Volunteering Builds Cyber Careers
Cyber Volunteers Can Gain Real-World Experience While Protecting Communities When people think about a career in cybersecurity, they often picture certifications, technical exams and entry-level jobs that require years of preparation. For those coming from non-traditional backgrounds, the journey can feel like a dead end. But what if there were other ways to explore it?…
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CISA’s relationship with industry needs work to reestablish trust, experts say
Critics say budget cuts, job losses have hurt the agency’s ability to coordinate with private industry. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisas-industry-relationship-needs-trust/756941/
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IT firing spree: Shrinking job market looks even worse after BLS revisions
Tags: jobsThe payroll growth we thought we experienced in May and June? Gone, like tears in the rain First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/08/04/it_job_market_july/
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5 hard truths of a career in cybersecurity, and how to navigate them
Tags: access, ai, application-security, attack, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, cio, ciso, conference, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data-breach, finance, firewall, framework, gartner, identity, ISO-27001, jobs, mitigation, network, regulation, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, skills, strategy, technology, threat, training, wafCybersecurity teams protect systems but neglect people: After all the effort it takes to break into cybersecurity, professionals often end up on teams that don’t feel welcoming or supportive.Jinan Budge, a research director at Forrester who focuses on enabling CISOs and other technical leaders, believes the way most cybersecurity career paths are structured plays a…