World's biggest botnet delivers new ransomware threat

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By Ian BarkerDec 11, 2017, 11:31 am226 pts
The latest Global Threat Index from cyber security specialist Check Point reveals that the Necurs spam botnet -- reckoned to be the largest in the world -- is being used to distribute one of the latest ransomware threats. During the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, Necurs sent over 12 million emails in just one…

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