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Reportedly Hit With Ransomware Attack You might not have thought much about Garmin since smartphones took over from standalone GPS units, but the company still has a large and passionate base of fitness-tracking users. Those passionate users are understandably agitated as the company’s services have been down for the last …

You’ve probably heard about tech support scams and ransomware attacks separately, but there’s a new breed of malware that includes elements of both. The latest breed of support scam substitutes a human “support rep” in place of a ransomware bitcoin payment. The current examples don’t seem to employ encryption, but they …

The days of random mischief on the internet are not over, but the most skilled hackers have moved on to more lucrative ventures. Stealing personal data and banking details has been a moneymaker for years, but more recently the threat of ransomware has appeared. These pieces of malware encrypt your …