Ransomware is on the rise. Cybercriminals have upped the stakes in the battle for your data, introducing swathes of advanced malware designed to encrypt your personal data. Their ultimate goal is to extort money from you. Unless their demands are met, your encrypted files will remain out of reach. Unavailable. Lost. Attacks on individuals are not ground-breaking. Nor are they hogging the headlines. But 2015 saw the FBI receive just under 2,500 complaints relating directly to ransomware related attacks, amounting to some $24 million in losses for victims. Just over two weeks ago, a new ransomware variant, Petya, emerged. However,...
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