Ransomware has become the most popular form of malware used in cyber-attacks, suggests a study. Almost 40% of all successful malware-based attacks involved ransomware suggests the annual Verizon data breach…
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How fake data could lead to failed crops and other woes
By Mark Ward, Technology correspondent There’s a new cyber threat on the horizon. And it’s fiendishly subtle and potentially very dangerous. Fake data – altering databases and documents without anyone…
uKnowKids defends response to data breach alert
A company that monitors children’s online activity has defended its response to the discovery that one of its databases was exposed to the net. By Zoe Kleinman, Technology reporter When…