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Should your company pay cybercriminals after a ransomware attack? It depends.
Cybersecurity experts share strategies for managing ransomware attacks and deciding whether to pay …
Erica Sweeney
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Ransomware attack puts Priyanka Chopra, Lady Gaga, Madonna and other celebrities’ data at risk — and REvil hackers are known to follow through on their threats
“REVil, also known as Sodin or Sodinokibi, isn’t just operating on the old-school ransomware mod…
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The cost of ransomware attacks has more than doubled. Here's how companies can prevent and plan for these attacks, according to experts
Biden-Harris campaign cybersecurity staffer Jackie Singh and data privacy expert Debbie Reynolds ex…
Rosalie Chan
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Cyberattacks threaten the corporate world. Here's what companies need to know about what comes next.
Cyberattacks threaten reputation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate valuation, the ability to rai…
Stephen Lawton
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Ransomware attacks hit 'under-resourced' city governments hardest, says cybersecurity expert whose kids' school was shut down by hackers for 4 days
Friday's DarkSide attack took down a major oil pipeline. A cybersecurity expert said such ransomwar…
Jacob Shamsian
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Ransomware can encrypt your files and force you to pay money — here's how to avoid ransomware, or deal with an infection
Ransomware is a kind of malware that can lock you out of all of the files on your computer unless y…
Dave Johnson
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What is phishing attack and what are the examples of phishing attacks
The advisory has been issued by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), which is Indi…
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Chinese hackers are using backdoors to gain unrestricted access to companies and governments — and it’s not about the money
The digital security companies’, Avast and ESET, found that an advanced persistent threat (APT) a…
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Some Garmin services are still offline several days after a giant cyber attack shut them down, the company said
Many Garmin Connect features are still down as part of an outage caused by a recent cyber attack, t…
Lisa Eadicicco
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Another Indian pharmaceutical giant reports cybersecurity breach within two weeks of ransomware hack on Dr Reddy’s
Another leading Indian pharmaceutical, Lupin, has reported a cybersecurity attack on its IT systems…
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Alt-right, froyo, and ransomware are officially in the dictionary, along with these other words
A host of Internet-inspired words can also call Merriam-Webster their new home. The "Internet of Th…
Mark Abadi
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How to avoid the curse of ransomware - software that forces you to pay money to unlock your computer
In what he calls a "rotten luck and timing," Danielson was scrolling through his inbox when he happ…
Tess Danielson
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Even the best antivirus likely can't save your files from a ransomware infection
Security companies are currently dedicating most of their resources to prevention and early detecti…
Dan Turkel
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Here's what to do if your computer gets taken over by ransomware - a form of malware taking over the internet
"We want to make it very clear, as far as preventing yourself from getting into this situation to b…
Cadie Thompson
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I've built a career in ethical hacking. Online scams are getting much, much worse — and AI isn't helping.
Laura Kankaala, whose worked in cybersecurity for 10 years, said that online scams are becoming mor…
Emma Magnus
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RSA CEO Rohit Ghai says emergent 5G technology increases the need to protect critical networks
Explore the intersection of 5G technology and cybersecurity with insights from RSA CEO Rohit Ghai.
Rosalie Chan
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How your iPhone could get worse if the DOJ gets its way with Apple
The US Department of Justice is trying to get Apple to open up its ecosystem. But is that something…
Grace Kay
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Could a 'Leave the World Behind' style cyberattack cause chaos in real life?
In Netflix's new movie, "Leave the World Behind," a cyberattack shuts down communications across th…
Lloyd Lee
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Online financial crimes on the rise – How to secure your digital world
Online monetary transactions are on the rise every year and as we spend more and more time in the v…
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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says the US Treasury does ‘everything in its power to kill’ crypto
The US Treasury does everything in its power to kill crypto, according to Cardano founder Charles H…