No false positives for Avira after 14 months, 7,000 websites, and 7.7 million files checked.
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Locky and the fine art of namedropping
It’s a very common occurrence to open your email box and say, “I’ve been spammed!” But it’s a much rarer occurrence to say, “My name’s been spammed!”
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What happens when you piss off the Locky ransomware creators
Whenever computer users get attacked by a type of malware or ransomware, their first reaction is to, probably, get angry. Well, we can assure you that the same thing happens when a hacker’s work is blocked by our Protection Lab guys, which are doing a great job fighting the newest threats on the market.
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Locky ransomware is dead, long live Locky
Even if Locky is no longer a hot news story, the financial success of this ransomware for the cybercriminals means that it – or a new and improved version of it – will be coming around again. Here are four lessons to be learned from the latest round of ransomware.
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