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Ransomware – not only file encryption
ITWeb Africa Another example is Charger, a screen-locker Android ransomware discovered by Check Point researchers in January 2016. The attackers threatened to sell stolen data from targeted devices unless they receive a ransom of 0.2 BitCoins (approximately $ 180). |
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VMware joins Intel to offer complementary healthcare security readiness programme to reduce health IT risk, improve …
ITWeb In May 2016, the Ponemon Institute's Sixth Annual Benchmark Study on Privacy & Security of Healthcare Data revealed data breaches in healthcare were consistently high in terms of volume, frequency, impact, and cost over the past six years. The report … |
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UK criminal complaint over alleged Ethiopian digital spying
ITWeb Africa After Kersmo became aware in April 2013 of a report published by Canada-based researchers Citizen Lab on a spyware campaign targeting Ginbot7 members via surveillance software FinSpy, Privacy International says that Kersmo then had his personal … Surveillance Follows Ethiopian Political Refugee to the UK Privacy International lodges complaint over Ethiopian refugee surveillance Ethiopia Accused Of Using Spyware Against Citizens Living Abroad |
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There's a RAT in my Android
ITWeb From that moment, the device is part of a botnet and the attacker, therefore, has full control over it, and can read contacts, the call list, SMS and MMS messages, locate the device through GPS – pretty much anything the user can do. "The risk for … New Android threat rises |