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Windows: Malware samples exceeded 1 billion mark
Windows: Malware samples exceeded 1 billion mark

At the end of December 2022 and January 2023, the AV-TEST statistics tool AV-ATLAS registered more than 1 billion malware samples for Windows. However, the increase continues rapidly with 7 to 10 million new malware samples per month. The number of more than 1 billion malware samples for Windows is staggering. The monthly growth figures are also absolutely frightening. As of the date of the article, the tool counted exactly 1.014.313.024 samples - again an increase of over 14 million. Just for comparison: With this number of malware samples, there are now statistically about...

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How Cyber ​​Scammers Use Google Forms
How Cyber ​​Scammers Use Google Forms

SophosLabs Reveals: How Cyber ​​Scammers Use Google Forms. Phishing and malware often pave the way for ransomware or data theft. The latest analysis by SophosLabs shows how the fraudsters use Google Forms for their own purposes. Sophos has published a new analysis report entitled “Phishing and Malware Actors Abuse Google Forms for Credentials, Data Exfiltration” that deals with the misuse of Google Forms by cyber criminals. Google Forms makes it easy for cybercriminals “The extent to which attackers are using Google Forms for themselves came to light when we examined how malware abuses the encryption, ...

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