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Dexphot Polymorphic Malware Shows Complexity of Everyday Threats

Ordinary malware can be a real nuisance to detect due to complex methods that allowed it to slip past security solutions. Dexphot is one such strain that managed to run attack routines on close to 80,000 machines earlier this year. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dexphot-polymorphic-malware-shows-complexity-of-everyday-threats/
Almost 60% Of Malicious Ads Come from Three Ad Providers

In Confiant's "Demand Quality Report for Q3 2019", the ad fraud and security company analyzed 120 billion ad impressions between January 1st and September 20th that flowed through their systems in order to provide a breakdown of different malicious ad campaigns. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/almost-60-percent-of-malicious-ads-come-from-three-ad-providers/
New Chrome Password Stealer Sends Stolen Data to a MongoDB Database

A new trojan has been discovered that attempts to steal passwords stored in the Google Chrome browser. While this is nothing unique, what stands out is that the malware uses a remote MongoDB database to store the stolen passwords. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-chrome-password-stealer-sends-stolen-data-to-a-mongodb-database/
You Can Still Upgrade to Windows 10 For Free, Here's How

Back when Windows 10 was first released, Microsoft allowed users of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 to upgrade to Windows 10 for free. Microsoft officially ended the free upgrade offer in December 2017, but a method still works that allows you to upgrade an older version of Windows to Windows 10 for free. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/you-can-still-upgrade-to-windows-10-for-free-heres-how/