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Recently, the team behind Mozilla Firefox blocked a dangerous add-on for the popular browser, one that had accrued half a million users.

The FBI recently issued a warning regarding the Ranzy Locker ransomware gang, which rebranded last year and has previously been known as both Ako and ThunderX.

Taiwanese hardware manufacturer Gigabyte, known for its computer motherboards, has apparently fallen victim to AvosLocker ransomware. This is the second such incident in three months for the company.

Just weeks before millions of kids build their annual candy stash, candy giant Ferrara Candy — who you may know as the makers of Nerds, Laffy Taffy, SweetTarts, and other favorites — was struck by a ransomware attack on October 9.

The MyKings botnet has been around for at least five years, and is as active now as ever. New research has shown just how busy the botnet has been lately, and has uncovered its use of infected computers to mine or steal cryptocurrency through one of two techniques.

Porto Seguro — one of Brazil's largest insurance groups, with around 10 million clients, over 13,000 employees, and an annual revenue of $5.1 billion — has fallen victim to a ransomware attack.

The creators of the notorious TrickBot malware have signed two new affiliates, a sure sign that we can expect to observe more attacks using this ransomware in the near future. Microsoft estimates that TrickBot has already infected over 3 million devices.