A week in security (October 17 – 23)

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The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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DeadBolt ransomware gang tricked into giving victims free decryption keys

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With the idea provided by an incident response company, Dutch police used a clever trick to get 150 DeadBolt ransomware decryption keys for free.

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Update now! QNAP warns users DeadBolt is exploiting Photo Station vulnerability

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QNAP says it’s detected that DeadBolt is exploiting a Photo Station vulnerability to encrypt QNAP NAS systems directly connected to the internet.

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