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A week in security (April 29 – May 5)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 15:21:13 +0000

A roundup of security news from April 29 – May 5, covering Electrum botnet, Wall Street Market takedown, privacy news, and the state of cryptojacking.

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“MegaCortex” ransomware wants to be The One

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 19:45:43 +0000

By Andrew Brandt A new ransomware that calls itself MegaCortex got a jolt of life on Wednesday as we detected a spike in the number of attacks against Sophos customers around the world, including in Italy, the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Ireland, and France. The attackers delivering this new malware campaign employed sophisticated techiques [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/pFdm0BTbxug” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Are Your Passwords Secure Enough?

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 16:20:58 +0000

Today, we'll take a deep dive into passwords, including what vulnerabilities weak passwords can open up and how to improve authentication security.

Online passwords are sensitive data. When they end up in the wrong hands, your private information is at risk. Since cybercriminals are always searching out new ways to break into those online accounts, you need to watch over the passwords to your accounts as if they were your children. Since we typically access our accounts…

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