A Russian firm aims to capitalize on ransomware victims’ desperation by offering to unlock files then passing money to attackers. …read more Source:: DarkReading

More hints arrive every day about Samsung’s next big phone. …read more Source:: CNet

Equifax says the report contains inaccuracies. …read more Source:: CNet

EU Aviation Network wrangle set to continue US satcom provider Viasat has declared it will appeal a British tribunal ruling that rival European operator Inmarsat had not breached its licence by becoming part of an EU-wide satellite broadband network.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The world’s largest mobile chipmaker is amassing an army of 5G Android phones. …read more Source:: CNet

The bug, separate from another bug disclosed in October, means Google+ is shutting down earlier than expected. …read more Source:: CNet

Six-time Emmy Award winner Mark Watters speaks with CNET about directing a live orchestra soundtrack for Episode IV: A New Hope. …read more Source:: CNet

Get your smocking-gun memes while they’re hot. …read more Source:: CNet

Google+ has suffered another data leak, and Google has decided to shut down the consumer version of the social network four months earlier than it originally planned. From a report: Google+ will now close to consumers in April, rather than August. Additionally, API access to the network will shut down within the next 90 days….

Emails say they contain a link with screenshots of victims’ compromising activity. In reality, the link executes ransomware. …read more Source:: Threatpost