Sentences with phrase «ransom by the malware»

A number of high - profile and very high - traffic websites such as The New York Times (NYT), BBC, AOL, MSN, the NFL and more have all been serving up malicious adverts to unsuspecting users that ultimately results in files being held to ransom by the malware, according to Malwarebytes.

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The research also discovered that 19 % of business leaders on dating apps have had their device infected by spyware, malware or ransom - ware.

Cybersecurity is a critical topic as people scramble to address the increasing danger of being hacked; being infected by malware such as Trojans, worms, and key loggers; or becoming the latest victim of ransomware that holds digital data hostage until they pay the ransom for the decryption of locked data or the physical theft of a laptop, smartphone, or USB device.

Over the weekend a «kill switch» was discovered by accident, which doesn't stop the malware from spreading, but at least prevents it from activating the code that encrypts and ransoms your data.