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Google has begun rolling out a new AI-powered security feature for Google Drive desktop, which will automatically pause file syncing when it detects a ransomware attack to minimize impact. While this ...

Google announced that the AI-powered Google Drive ransomware detection feature has reached general availability and is now enabled by default for all paying users. Announced in September 2025, a beta ...

The Metropolitan Police Department on May 28 arrested a man on suspicion of creating a computer virus using interactive ...

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A Russian national was sentenced to two years in U.S. federal prison and ordered to pay over $1.6 million as a result of a ransomware and computer botnet scheme, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the ...

TSURUGI, Tokushima Prefecture—Handa Hospital staff here knew something was wrong when more than 10 printers started spewing out streams of paper. But the panic only set in after they read the message, ...