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News Staff — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 18:00:01 +0000

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New strains of malicious trojan hold data hostage

Steven Parker — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:52:08 +0000

There's a new breed of ransomware in town, and it raises the stakes compared to previous viruses of this sort. Both Sinowal.FY and Gpcode.ai have been identified by security companies PandaLabs and Kaspersky Lab as... Read more...

Hacker Holds Computer Files Hostage

Tue, 24 May 2005 16:54:57 +0000

Thanks to Inertia for sending this in. Computer users anxious about viruses and identity theft have a new reason to worry: hackers have found a way to lock up the electronic documents on your... Read more...

Calif. firm investigates Saudi hostage video

Michael Stanclift — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 05:56:58 +0000

A California company has contacted the FBI after a video showing a U.S. hostage being held captive by a militant Islamist group appeared on its Web site this week, an employee confirmed Thursday. ... Read more...