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"Email Security Alert" refers to the subjects/titles of deceptive emails. These messages claim that recipients must update their email account security. The link users are to click to update their accounts redirects to a phishing website designed to steal email account passwords, thereby gaining a
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PyMICROPSIA is an information-stealing Trojan built with the Python programming language and related to the MICROPSIA malware family. It can be used to collect data and remotely control infected machines via a Command and Control (C2) server. PyMICROPSIA is powerful malware, which should be unins
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