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IT Security: New ransomware targets your TV, demands payment in iTunes gift cards

IT Security: New ransomware targets your TV, demands payment in iTunes gift cards

   It is hard enough catching up on television series with all those real-world commitments you have like work and...

It Security: JavaScript email attachments can carry potent ransomware

It Security: JavaScript email attachments can carry potent ransomware

   A new ransomware program called RAA is entirely written in JavaScript   Attackers are infecting computers with a new...

It Solutions: Machine learning could help companies react faster to ransomware

It Solutions: Machine learning could help companies react faster to ransomware

   Machine learning, behavior analytics are used to help companies contain ransomware infections   File-encrypting ransomware programs have become one...

IT Security: University of Calgary hands over $16,000 in ransomware attack

IT Security: University of Calgary hands over $16,000 in ransomware attack

   “The last thing we want to do is lose someone’s life’s work,” said one university official.   The University...

IT Security: Check your BITS, because deleting malware might not be enough

IT Security: Check your BITS, because deleting malware might not be enough

   Rogue Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service jobs can linger after malware clean-up and re-infect systems   Attackers are abusing...

IT Security: Mysterious malware targets industrial control system

IT Security: Mysterious malware targets industrial control system

   The IRONGATE malware is likely a proof of concept, but could signal future attacks   Researchers have found a...

IT Security: WordPress plug-in flaw puts over 1M websites at risk

IT Security: WordPress plug-in flaw puts over 1M websites at risk

   The Jetpack vulnerability can be exploited to inject malicious code into comments   Owners of WordPress-based websites should update...

IT Security: Celebrity hacker Guccifer’s confession gives us all a lesson in security

IT Security: Celebrity hacker Guccifer’s confession gives us all a lesson in security

   He pleaded guilty to unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft   The activity of Romanian...

IT Solutions: Afraid of floods and hackers? Put your data in space!

IT Solutions: Afraid of floods and hackers? Put your data in space!

   A startup plans to build a cloud above the clouds   Satellite-based data centers with room for petabytes of...

IT Security: Most organisations unprepared for cyber attacks

IT Security: Most organisations unprepared for cyber attacks

  Only 23% of organisations are capable of responding effectively to critical security incidents   Nearly 80% of organisations remain...

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