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Thread #168553   Message #4071843
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
14-Sep-20 - 12:04 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Online security issues
Subject: Tech: Online security issues
I looked through the last three years of Tech topics here at Mudcat and don't find one general enough for this topic. I regularly post articles about things going on with Windows updates and bugs, and when Amos was alive and using his Apple devices he would occasionally share Sophos security posts, but this is beyond the machines themselves, this is the phishing and gotcha and trojan ware and malware problems and ransomware and more.

ZDNet posts some good articles, as does Malwarebytes, and CNet on occasion. And there are plenty of other good sources that those of you who pay attention to this might want to share.

COVID cybercrime: 10 disturbing statistics to keep you awake tonight

"Nine out of 10 coronavirus domains are scams. Half a million Zoom accounts are for sale on the Dark Web. Brute-force attacks are up 400%. And there's more. So much more."