Ransomware

  • BusinessAOL

    Ransomware attacks on the rise: could you be a victim?

    This is the year that Ransomware became big business. Previously attacks tended to be launched by groups of hackers and geeks, producing their own brand of malware and spamming it to users. Now it has become an organised multi-million pound

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  • TechnologyAOL

    PC users blackmailed for return of files

    Increasing numbers of computer users are being targeted by so-called 'ransomware' and blackmailed into handing over money.According to security firm McAfee Labs, the number of attacks has risen by 155% since this time last year, making it

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