Even when you pay to get a decryption key, you may find your files are still locked up by another strain of malware.
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WhatsApp’s New Privacy Policy Just Kicked In
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Instead of a hard cutoff, the messaging app will gradually degrade and eventually cease to function if you don’t accept the changes.
Muchos Bezos: Inside Amazon’s Empire With Author Brad Stone
This week, we talk to the author and journalist about his new book on the retail giant and its famous boss.
The Real Cost of Colonial Pipeline’s $5 Million Ransom
Stopping payments would go a long way to stopping ransomware. But the choice is never quite so easy.
GameStop FOMO Inspires a New Wave of Crypto Pump-and-Dumps
Thousands of would-be investors are joining Discord groups that promise big earnings by manipulating the crypto market.
Google Docs has won the office suite war among one generation
A recent Twitter trend indicated the office suite wars were over and Google Docs the clear winner. Find out how Jack Wallen came to this conclusion.
DarkSide Hit Colonial Pipeline—and Created an Unholy Mess
As the White House gets involved in the response, the group behind the malware is scrambling.
Google Gets Serious About Two-Factor Authentication. Good!
The tech giant wants to push its billions of users—and the rest of the industry—to enable multifactor authentication by default.
ISPs Funded 8.5 Million Fake Comments Opposing Net Neutrality
The secret campaign, backed by major broadband companies, used real people’s names without their consent.
How to schedule a Windows 10 shutdown for a specific date and time
Using the Windows 10’s built-in Task Scheduler, you can set up a process in which a computer will shut down automatically at a specific time.