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Apple Exec Calls Mac Malware Levels Unacceptable Under Oath – WIRED
Ireland’s ransomware crisis continues, a Russian scammer gets sentenced, and more of the week’s top security news.
The ransomware problem isn’t getting any better. In fact, it’s poised to get even worse, as cybercriminals have begin experimenting with double-encryption ransomware attacks. That works pretty much exactly how it sounds; victims pay a ransom to decrypt their files, only to find that they’ve been encrypted by another strain of malware simultaneously. It’s a dirty trick, but if recent weeks have shown anything, it’s that there’s no low to which these groups won’t stoop.
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