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Global Ransomware Attack!

A global Ransomware attack occurred on Friday 12th May called wannacry or wannacrypt. What is the scale of the attack? Ransomware - a malicious program that locks a computer's files until a ransom is paid - is not new but the size of this attack by the WannaCry malware is "unprecedented", according to EU police…
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Microsoft patches serious Word bug ‘targeted by scammers’

A bug in Word apparently targeted by scammers trying to steal banking logins will be patched, Microsoft has said. The previously undetected, or "zero-day", vulnerability had been reported over the weekend. Then, on 10 April, cybersecurity firm Proofpoint announced it had discovered an email campaign targeting the bug that aimed to distributed Dridex malware. Dridex…
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