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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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