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The three men, Raymond Bradley "Brad" Pearce, Dusti O. Pearce, and Jason M. Hines, were also ordered to forfeit large amounts of money as part of their sentencing, ranging from $2 to $4 million. "According to court documents, Brad and Dusti Pearce conspired with Hines to commit wire fraud in a scheme that involved generating and then selling unauthorized Avaya Direct International software licenses," reads a Department of Justice announcement.
A sysadmin and his partner pleaded guilty this week to being part of a "Massive" international ring that sold software licenses worth $88 million for "Significantly below the wholesale price." After agreeing to a plea deal, the Pearces must also forfeit at least $4 million as well as gold, silver, collectible coins, cryptocurrency, and a vehicle, and "Make full restitution to their victims," the US Department of Justice said.
Three defendants who allegedly sold over $88 million worth of software licenses belonging to Avaya Holdings Corporation have been charged in Oklahoma, U.S., facing 14 counts of wire fraud and money laundering. The defendants are accused of stealing software licenses from ADI and selling them to thousands of companies worldwide that used them to unlock features of "Avaya IP Office" telephone systems.
Three people accused of selling pirate software licenses worth more than $88 million have been charged with fraud. To add phones and enable features such as voicemail, customers buy the necessary software licenses from an Avaya reseller or distributor.
TLStorm 2.0: Critical bugs in widely-used Aruba, Avaya network switchesArmis researchers have discovered five critical vulnerabilities in the implementation of TLS communications in multiple models of network switches. Critical F5 BIG-IP flaw allows device takeover, patch ASAP!F5 Networks' BIG-IP multi-purpose networking devices/modules are vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution attacks via CVE-2022-1388.
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed as many as five severe security flaws in the implementation of TLS protocol in several models of Aruba and Avaya network switches that could be abused to gain remote access to enterprise networks and steal valuable information. The new set of flaws, dubbed TLStorm 2.0, renders Aruba and Avaya network switches vulnerable to remote code execution vulnerabilities, enabling an adversary to commandeer the devices, move laterally across the network, and exfiltrate sensitive data.
Five critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in millions Aruba and Avaya devices can be exploited by cybercriminals to take full control of network switches commonly used in airports, hospitals, and hotels, according to Armis researchers. The flaws affect about 10 million devices across HPE's Aruba and Extreme Networks' Avaya switching portfolio, and have severity scores ranging from 9.0 to 9.8 out of 10.
Avaya launched Avaya OneCloud for Service Cloud on Salesforce AppExchange, empowering customers to connect Avaya OneCloud to Salesforce Service Cloud, enabling AI and voice benefits that offer more customer service experiences. A new Service Cloud integration brings together voice, digital channels and customer insights into one central view for service agents.
Avaya and RingCentral announced a wide range of new capabilities for the Avaya Cloud Office by RingCentral Unified Communications as a Service solution, including many Avaya device-specific enhancements providing easy migration, additional video and global expansion features extending the ability for customers to connect across any device and work environment. New ways to connect over video Avaya Cloud Office rooms - Combined with an Avaya Collaboration Unit, Avaya Cloud Office turns any workspace into a conference room.
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