Security Leftovers

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Shopping for malware: $260 gets you a password stealer. $90 for a crypto-miner... [Ed: Microsoft makes and distributes its own password stealer]
A Tor-hidden website dubbed the Eternity Project is offering a toolkit of malware, including ransomware, worms, and – coming soon – distributed denial-of-service programs, at low prices.
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Microsoft's May diet: patches for 73 flaws, including two zero-days
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New Linux backdoor BPFDoor found on systems, method of access unknown
British security researcher Kevin Beaumont has listed details about a backdoor that is claimed to infect Linux systems, with the consulting firm PwC having documented it as well. Both claim the threat emanates from China.
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No kidding, Microsoft now charges firms to tackle Windows ransomware
Microsoft, the company that produces Windows which is the target of practically every ransomware attack, is now offering paid products to fight those very ransomware attacks.
I kid you not. No other operating system suffers ransomware attacks, though helpful security experts try to spread the burden a bit, and suck up to the big M, by claiming they have seen similar malware for Linux and the Mac.
But no attack in which a ransom has been demanded and a company put out of operation for a while has involved anything other than Windows.
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US steps up fresh probe into Kaspersky products: report
The news agency Reuters reported on Monday that the investigation was referred to the Department of Commerce by the Department of Justice last year but did not take off until the White House applied pressure.
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