14 years prison for man who helped hackers evade detection by anti-virus software
A US court has sentenced the creator of a notorious service that helped malware authors avoid detection by anti-virus software to 14 years …
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Guilty! Anti-anti-virus crook convicted, could spend decades in jail
A second Russian has been convicted for his part in running Scan4you, the notoriously nasty anti-anti-virus malware scanning service …
Forever 21 informs customers of a potential data breach
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Citadel Trojan Developer Jailed For 5 Years
A Russian cyber-criminal has been sentenced to five years behind bars in the United States for his part in developing the Citadel information-stealing malware. Mark Vartanyan, also known by his online moniker “Kolypto”, was sentenced by a US District Court in Atlanta. Read full news article on E Hacking News
How a Citadel Trojan Developer Got Busted
A U.S. District Court judge in Atlanta last week handed a five year prison sentence to Mark Vartanyan, a Russian hacker who helped develop and sell the once infamous and widespread Citadel banking trojan. Read full news article on Krebs on Security
Citadel Author Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
“Malicious software and botnets are rarely created by a single individual. Cybercrime is an organized team effort involving sophisticated, talented, and tech savvy individuals. Read full news article on SecurityWeek
Remember that Citadel bank-slurping malware? Its main man was just jailed for five years
Russian programmer Mark Vartanyan has been sentenced to five years in US federal prison for developing and spreading the Citadel malware that stole $500m (£383m) from bank accounts around the world. Citadel is a variant of the Zeus banking Trojan, the source code of which leaked online in 2011. Read full news article on The … Read more
Russian man sentenced to 5 years in prison over role in developing notorious Citadel malware
A Russian man, who helped develop the notorious malware called “Citadel” designed to steal personal financial information, was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday (20 July). Read full news article on IBTimes.co.uk
Russian man who helped build Citadel malware sentenced to 5 years
A Russian man has been sentenced to five years in prison for helping to develop and distribute malware that infected millions of computer to steal financial information. Mark Vartanyan, 29, was arrested in Norway in October 2014 and was extradited to the US to face charges of computer fraud. Read full news article on ZDNet … Read more