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ransomware

Cybersecurity Experts Are Working to Address the Biggest Ransomware Attack on Record

"This is a step above what ransomware attacks usually look like."
By Sammy Nickalls
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Samsung Galaxy Note Edge

This New Android Bug Can Track and Record You—Here’s How to Keep Your Device Secure

A new android backdoor can steal your information and audio and video record your every move
By Alec M. Beresin
When is it okay for the government to keep a secret?

Should Spies Use Secret Software Vulnerabilities?

By Nir Kshetri
This picture taken on November 3, 2016 shows on a screen viruses list at the High Security Laboratory of the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation in Rennes.

What the Underground Market for Ransomware Looks Like

By Roderic Broadhurst
A statue of Ronald McDonald sits outside the fast food chain in floodwater in Bangkok on October 24, 2011. Millions of people in the Thai capital nervously prepared for the advancing and seemingly unstoppable flood waters after a fresh warning for residents to evacuate certain danger zones. AFP PHOTO / Pornchai KITTIWONGSAKUL (Photo credit should read PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty Images)

Criminals Use McDonald’s Prices for Kinder, Gentler Digital Extortion

By Brady Dale
Even Piper finds it hard to believe how quickly some fans "watched" the show. (JoJo Whilden for Netflix.)

‘Orange Is the New Black’ Eps Were Stolen, but Media Messed Up the Story

By Brady Dale
Police must join forces across international borders to take on modern cybercriminals.

Police Around the World Learn to Fight Global-Scale Cybercrime

By Frank J. Cilluffo, Alec Nadeau and Rob Wainwright
MR. ROBOT -- "eps2.0_unm4sk%u2010pt1.tc" Episode 201 -- Pictured: Carly Chaikin as Darlene -- (Photo by: Peter Kramer/USA Network)

Mr. Robot’s Ransom Explained

By Brady Dale
A hacker in his office, from Wikipedia.

An eBay for Extortion on the Dark Web

By Brady Dale
A new type of malware infects your computer and holds files ransom

How to Beat Ransomware

By Arthur Baxter
A company can have Norton Fighter on its side and still be left crying from ransomware if it isn't configured correctly, a CTO from Symantec warns. (Photo: TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)

Symantec Says Not to Pay When Data Gets Caught in Ransomware

By Brady Dale

SOPA Virus Kidnaps Computers for Ransom [Video]

By Steve Huff
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