Antivirus expert: 'Ransomware' on the rise
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| Online criminals are turning away from threatening companies with
| massive cyberattacks in favor of encrypting a victim's data and
| then demanding money to decrypt it, an antivirus expert has
| claimed.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6157092.html
Related:
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports. "Despite all that, the net is still working,
| which is pretty amazing. It's pretty resilient," he said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
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