Avast releases free BianLian ransomware decryptor

BianLian (not to be confused with the same-name Android banking trojan) is a Go-based ransomware hitting Windows systems. It uses the symmetric AES-256 algorithm with the CBC cipher mode to encrypt over 1013 file extensions on all accessible drives.

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Brooklyn trial set for Mexico’s former top cop charged with being on payroll of drug lord ‘El Chapo’

NEW YORK — He was once Mexico’s top cop — and now a Brooklyn jury will decide if he was a lapdog for a drug lord’s empire. Jury selection is slated to start this week in the federal trial of Genaro Garcia Luna, Mexico’s former secretary of public secu…

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