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Techniques in ransomware explained
- Sophos - Naked Security
- — 14 Sep 2012, 9:30 a.m.
Ransomware is malicious software that attempts to extort money out of unsuspecting users, but lately there has been a trend of a more sinister type of ransomware: crypto-ransomware.