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Tuesday, 31 March 2020 12:04

New email phishing scam exploits Coronavirus fears

A new type of email phishing scam has been discovered which warns people that they’ve come into contact with a friend/colleague/family member who has been infected with the coronavirus, according to one global security firm.

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Wednesday, 18 March 2020 11:49

Windows ransomware comes like a thief at dawn or at night: FireEye

More than three-quarters of the Windows ransomware cases across the 2017 to 2019 period studied by Mandiant Intelligence, a division of security firm FireEye, occurred after working hours.

Published in Security

Friday, 13 March 2020 02:20

Phishing-related threats majority of high-risk email threats blocked in 2019, says security firm

More than 12.7 million high risk email threats were blocked in 2019 by one global security firm, with 11 million of the emails phishing-related, making up 89% of all blocked emails.

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