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Encrypting your PC is one thing, but how do you keep it backed up? And how do you maintain easy access to the files if you work on several computers at different times? One author I know has two ...

A new strain of Python-based malware has been used in a "sniper" campaign to achieve encryption on a corporate system in less than three hours. The attack, one of the fastest recorded by Sophos ...

Operators of an unknown ransomware gang are using a Python script to encrypt virtual machines hosted on VMware ESXi servers. While the Python programming language is not commonly used in ransomware ...