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2. Ransomware - Wikipedia

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   Security experts have suggested precautionary measures for dealing with ransomware. Using software or other security policies to block known payloads from launching will help to prevent infection, but will not protect against all attacks [ 29 ] [ 141 ] As such, having a proper backup solution is a critical component to defending against ransomware.

3. Computer security - Wikipedia

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   An example of a physical security measure: a metal lock on the back of a personal computer to prevent hardware tampering. Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is the protection of computer software, systems and networks from threats that can lead to unauthorized information disclosure, theft or damage to hardware, software, or data ...

4. The Ransomware Hunting Team - Wikipedia

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   Kirkus Reviews called The Ransomware Hunting Team "[a]n accessible, tautly written account of cyberwarfare in real time." [8] Their review said it brings to mind Clifford Stoll's 1989 book, The Cuckoo's Egg when "computer mischief" was still new, but added that Dudley and Golden's book "is an update to that distinguished predecessor, though it also enters into the newer realms of the dark web ...

5. Rhysida (hacker group) - Wikipedia

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   Rhysida is a ransomware group that encrypts data on victims' computer systems and threatens to make it publicly available unless a ransom is paid. [1] The group uses eponymous ransomware-as-a-service techniques, targets large organisations rather than making random attacks on individuals, and demands large sums of money to restore data. [2]

6. Malware - Wikipedia

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   Encryption-based ransomware, like the name suggests, is a type of ransomware that encrypts all files on an infected machine. These types of malware then display a pop-up informing the user that their files have been encrypted and that they must pay (usually in Bitcoin) to recover them.

7. Scareware - Wikipedia

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   Internet security writers use the term "scareware" to describe software products that produce frivolous and alarming warnings or threat notices, most typically for fictitious or useless commercial firewall and registry cleaner software. This class of program tries to increase its perceived value by bombarding the user with constant warning ...