Security News

43.7% of cloud-based malware delivers ransomware (Help Net Security)

2016-09-09 13:00

According to a new Netskope report, 43.7% of malware found in enterprises cloud apps have delivered ransomware, and 55.9% of malware-infected files found in cloud apps are shared publicly....

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NHS hospitals told to swallow stronger anti-ransomware medication (The Register)

2016-09-09 07:48

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FTC Panel Encourages Basic Security Hygiene to Counter Ransomware (Threatpost)

2016-09-08 13:00

Panelists at a FTC workshop on Wednesday agreed that better basic cyber hygiene can do a lot to help eliminate the threat of ransomware up front.

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The cost of ransomware attacks: $1 billion this year (ZDNet)

2016-09-08 12:33

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Mr Chow plates up sticky ransomware (The Register)

2016-09-07 08:03

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Cry Ransomware Uses UDP, Imgur, Google Maps (Threatpost)

2016-09-06 18:40

Ransomware purporting to come from a phony government agency, the Central Security Treatment Organization, has been making the rounds and using Google Maps and Imgur, researchers claim.

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