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It's easier to defend against ransomware than you might think

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imageTry to make this the only time you see a ransomware warning notice. Christiaan Colen/flickr, CC BY-SA

Ransomware – malicious software that sneaks onto your computer, encrypts your data so you can’t access it and demands payment for unlocking the information – has become an emerging cyberthreat. Several reports in the past few...

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