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A recently discovered ransomware group has netted almost $4 million since August, in large part by following a path that’s uncommon in its industry—selectively installing the malicious encryption software on previously infected targets with deep pockets. The method differs from the usual one of indiscriminately infecting all possible victims. That’s the take of two analyses…

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Steet in London, Britain, December 17, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May has warned lawmakers that failure to back her plan to leave the European Union would be catastrophic for Britain, in a plea for support two days ahead of…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionVideo showed the aftermath of the explosion, with flames engulfing the ground floor Four people, including two firefighters, have been killed after an explosion caused a huge fire at a bakery in the French capital, Paris, officials say.Cars were wrecked and other buildings were damaged by the…

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, recreated in a photo illustration of the game Borderlands's cover art. Photo illustration by Aurich LawsonA pair of lawsuits filed in Collin County and Dallas County District Courts late last year came to light on Friday, each revolving around an apparently nasty dispute between the former general counsel of Gearbox Studios…

BANGKOK/TORONTO (Reuters) - An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family saying she feared for her life has been granted asylum in Canada, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, as Thai officials confirmed the teen was en route to Toronto. Trudeau said United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had asked Canada to…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJust why has the US government partially shut down? US President Donald Trump has renewed a threat to declare a national emergency to fund the construction of a wall on the Mexican border.A row with Democrats over funding the wall has left the government partially shut down…

Federal authorities and private researchers are alerting companies to a wave of domain hijacking attacks that’s using relatively novel techniques to compromise targets at an almost unprecedented scale. The attacks, which security firm FireEye said have been active since January 2017, use three different ways to manipulate the Domain Name System records that allow computers…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - William Barr, nominated by President Donald Trump to become U.S. attorney general, plans to recuse himself from a major antitrust case, according to people who spoke with him on Thursday, as he navigates possible conflicts of interest presented by about $37 million in assets he amassed as a private-sector lawyer. U.S. Attorney…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionUS shutdown: "My son wants to sell art to pay our bills" President Donald Trump has walked out of a meeting with Democratic leaders as negotiations broke down on the 19th day of a partial US government shutdown.Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer stuck by their refusal to…

Enlarge / AMD Radeon VII. Ars at CES 2019 View more stories AMD's next flagship video card will be the Radeon VII. The VII slots in above the RX Vega 64 and averages about 29 percent faster, putting it within spitting distance of Nvidia's RTX 2080. The GPU inside the VII is called Vega 20,…