Ransomware booms with Locky, Cryptowall and Cerber accounting for 90 per cent of infections

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Ransomware booms with Locky, Cryptowall and Cerber accounting for 90 per cent of infections
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Ransomware booms with Locky, Cryptowall and Cerber accounting for 90 per cent of infections

Perennial 'favourites' remain most dangerous forms of malware, warns Check Point

Ransomware attacks doubled in the second half of 2016, with Locky accounting for two-fifths of the attacks. Cryptowall was the second most prolific ransomware, with the Cerber ransomware-as-a-service scheme...

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