Garmin global outage caused by ransomware attack, sources say

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An ongoing global outage at sport and fitness tech giant Garmin was caused by a ransomware attack, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the incident. The incident began

Police hijack a botnet and remotely kill 850,000 malware infections

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In a rare feat, French police have hijacked and neutralized a massive cryptocurrency mining botnet controlling close to a million infected computers. The notorious Retadup malware infects computers and starts

Metapacket analyzes outbound network traffic to flag and block malware

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Metapacket, one of YC’s current batch of startups, is hoping to get its SaaS on corporates’ list of essential threat detection software with a technique to stop malware attacks by

Banking Trojan Zeus Panda shambles into Brazil ahead of Olympics

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It seems there’s no limit to the perils being faced by athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympics: not just their competitors, but toxic water, poor accommodations and impressive mobile bills.