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Ransomware accounts for quarter of recent cyber attacks in U.K.: Security firm ESET

April 29, 2016 Reprints

Slovakia-based software security firm ESET, spol. s r.o. has said that ransomware constituted about a quarter of cyber attacks targeted at U.K.-based computer users between April 19 and 26 April, reports V3.co.uk. ESET attributed the increase to a malicious code called JS/Danger.ScriptAttachment, which tries to download and install various malware and execute crypto-ransomware.

The malware then encrypts the data and hackers can demand ransom for decryption.

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Ransomware accounts for quarter of recent cyber attacks in U.K.: Security firm ESET

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