Most people watch online scams, but if you are not careful, you might do the scammers' work for them. A new study from GenDigital, the company behind cybersecurity brands like Norton, Avast, LifeLock, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner, shines some light on "scam yourself" attacks that are on the rise dramatically. Instead of using other nefarious methods, these scams rely on social engineering to get people to download malware themselves.
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In a recent report, Microsoft warns that phishing, fake software updates and unpatched vulnerabilities are being exploited for ransomware attacks. More than one hundred different cyber-criminal gangs are actively conducting ransomware attacks, deploying over 50 different ransomware families in campaigns which see them encrypt networks and demand a ransom payment for the decryption key. The analysis from Microsoft Security Intelligence notes that some of the most prominent ransomware attacks of
