Security Companies Warned Windows Users

Privacy and security are among the things that all computer users care about. While everyone aims to protect their data in some way, security companies that provide support in this regard also try to guide users with warnings from time to time. Today, another one of these halves was made and especially Windows Computer owners have been warned to be careful about new malware.

Experts recommend that these users' computers be updated with various security patches. keep them up to date and reminded them once again that they should choose strong passwords. occurred in the past years GPU Citing the example of cryptocurrency mining, which was popular during the famine, security companies reminded that many malware were somehow distributed during that time. Security experts said that after the malware was taken under control, there has not been much concern about security since then, and that they have recently discovered a type of malware that can spread on its own.

The newly discovered malware was named 'Lucifer':

Researchers, Lucifer The malware they named was previously found and Satan Ransomware He stated that it should not be confused with the malware called malware. Unauthorized cryptocurrency mining It was said that this software, which is said to be effective in the field, is very powerful and can spread to computer networks very quickly, as well as facilitating DDos attacks, and indeed the first attack occurred on June 10, 2020. Action was taken for the second part of the attack, which was followed in waves.

Experts stated that those most at risk are corporate companies, but did not neglect to warn about home computers. The best defense against the software called Lucifer is Windows. trusting the latest updates Emphasizing that this is the case, experts recommended using strong passwords as a second step. Lucifer's intense Windows Researchers, who informed that the company tried to infiltrate their systems, said that computers with weak usernames and passwords were seized.