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Russia takes down REvil hacking group at U.S. request

Russia has conducted a special operation against ransomware crime group REvil at the request of the United States and has detained and charged the...

US sanctions cryptocurrency exchange over ties to ‘ransomware attacks’

The United States imposed sanctions Tuesday on cryptocurrency exchange SUEX for its ties to ransomware attackers, as Washington seeks to crack down on digital...

French court tries Russian for multi-million-euro cyberfraud using ransomware

Prosecutors say Alexander Vinnik sent emails to his targets masquerading as invoices, whose attached document, when opened, activated malware that shut down the computer and encrypted its contents

US officials fear ransomware attack against 2020 election

A ransomware attack typically locks an infected computer system until payment, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, is sent to the hacker

Hackers could get even nastier in 2018: researchers

WASHINGTON: After a year marked by devastating cyber attacks and breaches, online attackers are expected to become even more destructive in 2018, security researchers...

Multinationals hit by vast wave of cyberattacks

KIEV: Several multinational companies said on Tuesday they were targeted in a massive wave of cyberattacks which started in Russia and Ukraine before spreading...

North Korea’s special cell ‘Unit 180’ possibly behind global cyber attacks

PYONGYANG: North Korea's main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most daring...

Global ‘ransomware’ virus hits Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: After large-scale and stealthy cyber attacks that infected worldwide computers, the ransomware – malicious software – has infiltrated computers of State Life Insurance...

US cyber bill would shift power away from spy agency

WASHINGTON: A bill proposed in Congress on Wednesday would require the U.S. National Security Agency to inform representatives of other government agencies about security...

Who’s to blame for ransomware outbreak?

Questions are swirling over who is responsible for the security flaws exploited by hackers in the world's biggest ransomware attack to date, which crippled...

Businesses brace for Monday as ransomware threat lingers

SINGAPORE/TORONTO: Technical staff scrambled on Sunday to patch computers and restore infected ones, amid fears that the ransomware worm that stopped car factories, hospitals, shops...
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