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Ramnit is back and contributes in creating a massive proxy botnet, tracked as ‘Black’ botnet

Security Affairs

Recently the experts observed that the “Black” botnet campaign has infected up 100,000 systems in two months, and this is just the tip of the iceberg because according to researchers a second-stage malware called Ngioweb is already spreading. DDoS attacks, ransomware-based campaigns, cryptocurrency mining campaigns).

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What is Incident Response? Ultimate Guide + Templates

eSecurity Planet

Ransomware attacks: Ransomware is malware extortion attack that encrypts a victim’s files, demanding a ransom payment in exchange for the decryption key. Cryptojacking : Unauthorized use of a computer’s processing power to mine cryptocurrencies. This often causes significant disruptions and data loss to the company.

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10 Personal Finance Lessons for Technology Professionals

Troy Hunt

Number 1 is "Mining, Resources & Energy" which had a local boom here but is now rapidly declining (down 14% on the previous year). Take mining out of the picture and the top industry ("Consulting & Strategy"), pays only 5% more than tech. I would never want to live in any of our properties we bought as investments.

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