Threat hunters say they’ve seen a concerted rise in the use of a phishing tactic designed to bypass traditional email defenses by subtly changing the prefixes (a.k.a. schemes) of malicious URLs in hyperlinks. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Threat hunters say they’ve seen a concerted rise in the use of a phishing tactic
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MegaCortex ransomware variant threatens data breach, alters credentials
A newly discovered variant of MegaCortex ransomware goes well beyond just encrypting victims’ files — it also changes their Windows passwords and threatens to publish their stolen data if they fail to pay. In a report earlier this week, BleepingComputer said it helped analyzed the new strain after it was discovered