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PetrWrap: what you need to know about the global ransomware attack
By Joe Osborne last updated
Another major ransomware attack has hit the web. Here’s what you need to know about it and how you can protect yourself.

Beware phishing scams posing as Google Calendar notifications
By Cat Ellis last updated
If you're used to accepting invitations, phishing attempts could trick you into handing over very sensitive data.

Hit by coronavirus tracker ransomware? Here's how to unlock your phone for free
By Sofia Wyciślik-Wilson published
Don't hand you money to cybercriminals when you can retrieve data for free.

Whisper app exposes intimate secrets of nearly a billion users
By Harry Domanski published
A publicly accessible database of Whisper's users has been uncovered containing specific and compromising information.

Microsoft contractors had woeful security when reviewing Cortana and Skype recordings, report claims
By Darren Allan published
Last year’s episode over humans analyzing Cortana and Skype audio just got a lot more worrying, if this report is correct.

Cyberthreats have evolved – but Norton protection has too
By Sponsored published
Your all-in-one protection solution, with antivirus, VPN, and several other layers of security you need.

Outlook.com breach allowed hackers to read (some) emails for months
By Darren Allan published
Microsoft initially denied that email content was viewable by the perpetrators.

Over a million Asus laptops could have been hacked
By Darren Allan published
Updated In a highly worrying breach, hackers have apparently snuck a backdoor onto a million or so Asus PCs.
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