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ZCryptor ransomware spreads via removable drives (Help Net Security)
2016-05-27 15:08

The newly spotted ZCryptor ransomware has also the ability to spread like a worm, Microsoft warns. Once it infects a system, it also copies itself on removable drives, in the hopes that the same...

Judge Tosses Evidence Gathered by FBI’s Tor Exploit (Threatpost)
2016-05-27 14:00

A federal judge granted a defense motion in the case of a Vancouver teacher charged with possession of child pornography, excluding evidence gathered by a FBI network investigative technique that...

IT security skills remain in high demand (Help Net Security)
2016-05-27 13:30

IT security tops the list of the skills that IT decision-makers say they want their team members to have, according to a new report by Global Knowledge, based on input from more than 10,000 IT and...

1 in 10 banking CEOs don’t know if they’ve been hacked (Help Net Security)
2016-05-27 13:15

Twelve percent of banking CEOs say they do not have insight into whether their institution’s security has been compromised by a cyber attack in the past two years, according to KPMG. Their survey...