ransomware
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Microsoft Says Fighting Cyber Attacks Is A Team Effort
Microsoft’s President and Chief Legal Officer, Brad Smith, says this week’s WannaCry attack “provides yet another example of why the stockpiling of vulnerabilities by governments is such a problem”. And while Smith says Microsoft and other tech companies need to take the lead on combatting these widespread attacks, he highlights the shared responsibility required to…
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How To Avoid The WannaCry Ransomware Attack
2Ransomware may be mostly thought of as a (sometimes costly) nuisance, but when it hinders the ability of doctors and nurses to help people with an emergency medical problems, that qualifies as armed robbery.
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Ransomware Is Being Hidden Inside Attachments Of Attachments
Ransomware attacks are getting more and more clever as the public gets wise to them. The latest involves hiding a malicious macro inside a Word document attached to a seemingly harmless PDF file.
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How To Recover Files Locked By FileCoder, The Mac-Specific Ransomware
Last week, a nasty ransomware called FileCoder was found to be targeting Apple Mac users. It was thought that there was no way to unlock any of encrpyted files since the criminals who made the ransomware didn’t seem to be keeping any decryption keys. Luckily, it is possible to unlock files that have been encrypted…