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WASHINGTON —Hacking for ransom is on the rise – on pace to beat out last year’s figures – and hits people where it hurts, locking them out of files, photos and critical records until they pay hackers a bounty to restore their access. Hackers bait users to click on infected email links or open infected…

The Department of Homeland Security and a top cybersecurity firm have advised Windows PC users to uninstall Apple’s Quicktime video player immediately after two new bugs were found in the software. In a blog post published Thursday, the Trend Micro security firm said that Apple was no longer issuing security updates for Quicktime for Windows,…

Over the weekend, news broke of a nasty new piece of malware targeting Mac users. It’s “ransomware” that encrypts users’ data, making it impossible to access unless they pay a bounty to the malware’s operator. Malware is a persistent problem on Windows machines — it has even shut down hospital networks— but this is the…

More than 20,000 adware samples masqueraded as legitimate apps, like Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter. Researchers have found a new type of Android malware found in thousands of apps, posing as popular titles — including Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and more. Making matters worse, it’s almost impossible to remove, forcing a user to replace their device entirely….

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A recently publicized flaw in the Android™ operating system (OS) could permit malware to access the information on your device. Dubbed “Fake ID,” the vulnerability allows malicious apps to forge security credentials within your mobile device to gain access to your other apps and information in them, including Google Wallet, and could leave you open…

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