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• Hotmail used to launch extortion scam

  A Hotmail user logged into their account this week to find that scammers had deleted all their e-mails except for one, which was from a hacker demanding cash in exchange for restoring the lost information, according to Websense.

• Beware of ransomware, firm warns

  Smaller companies should back up their data if they want to avoid being held to ransom by hackers, a security company has warned.

• Symantec to keep watch over Web transactions

  Symantec is readying a new security product designed to protect consumers as they do business online.

• Trojan Horse: Your money or your files

  In another example of "ransomware," a new Trojan horse threatens to delete files unless the victim pays up, security experts have warned.

• Trojan Cryzip extorts decryption fee

  A Trojan making the rounds encrypts victims' files and demands a US$300 payment to have them decrypted and unlocked, according to a report by security firm Lurhq Threat Intelligence Group.

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