Kaspersky: Ransomware that encrypts is booming

Android mobile ransomware is on the rise, too.

By Tim Greene

Over the past year the number of machines hit by ransomware that encrypts all or part of the hard drive is five-and-a-half times what it was the year before, according to Kaspersky Lab.

The number in 2014-2015 was 131,111 compared to 718,536 in 2015-2016, according to the company’s report Ransomware in 2014-2016.

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Source: http://www.csoonline.com/

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