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The Internet's biggest spam botnet Necurs has been spreading a strain of Windows ransomware known as Scarab over the last two days, security companies say.

The people behind the last malware attack, which began in Europe and then spread to other regions, appear to be trying to play down the theory that the attack was masterminded by a nation state.

A 15-year-old flaw in every version of Windows right from XP to Windows 10 allows a malicious attacker to take control of a system through the anti-virus software running on the system.

A number of personal security products from numerous vendors are listed in the Vault 7 CIA document dump released by WikiLeaks on Tuesday US time, indicating that it may have cracks for all of them.

It’s not just your browser than can deliver hacked ads, but dodgy ads displayed within Skype could have caused you big problems, too.

Security firm F-Secure says a hacking experiment it conducted in the UK highlights the dangers of using public Wi-Fi which it claims is “inherently insecure”.

Melbourne has the unenviable record as the Australian city most susceptible to malware threats, according to new research ranking it ahead of Brisbane, Perth and Sydney.