Patterns of unusual behaviour are the clearest signal of an attack, not programmes or files
Thoma Bravo offer has been 'unanimously recommended' by the board of Sophos
Ransomware disables critical apps, as well as files, forcing victims to pay-up or reinstall
Cyber crooks are intent on hiding cryptomining code in Android apps
Ransomware will become a 'vexing problem' for firms in 2018, says report
High-pressure scams rely on trusted brand names
Reading, Manchester and Southampton are also hotspots finds Tech City UK report
There are numerous uses for machine data once you've worked out how to process it, says Matt Davies of Splunk
Locky has already hit a hospital in the US, which had to pay $17,000 in Bitcoin to decrypt important data