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How ransomware hackers "prey on people’s willingness to click” - CBS News

April 4, 2016

How ransomware hackers “prey on people’s willingness to click” - CBS News

CBS News, April 28, 2016
Hackers are using ransomware to target everyone, from consumers to businesses big and small, to municipalities, and the payoff is huge. Ryan Naraine, Head of the U.S. Global Research and Analysis Team at Kaspersky Lab, provides insight, calling ransomware the “number one problem facing the computer security industry and it's very difficult to solve”. Despite the danger of ransomware, Nariane recommends "good user habits, common sense, backups and patching. With those basic things in place, I think you can minimize your exposure."

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How ransomware hackers "prey on people’s willingness to click” - CBS News

How ransomware hackers “prey on people’s willingness to click” - CBS News
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