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A cryptocurrency-mining botnet known as Lemon Duck has been displaying increased activity since the end of August, researchers from Cisco's Talos Intelligence Group say, adding that while defenders would have spotted this activity, it would not have been noticed by end users.

Researchers at security firm Trend Micro say they have discovered Windows malware that functions both as ransomware and part of a botnet, distributing spam and also copies of itself to other computers.

Credential stuffing is stuffing up the financial services industry, with content attacks, malicious login attempts on the rise with 8.3 billion detected in a recent two month period alone.