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"Every place we move to in technology creates a seam for bad actors," said Trend Micro's chief security officer, Ed Cabrera, whose company sells IT security services and issues reports on global cyber trends.

A trio of researchers, representing a team from Politecnico di Milano and Trend Micro, presented their findings on the security of robots.

The arrest of Vinnik adds a new twist to the case against Karpeles, the former head of Mt. Gox, said Mark Nunnikhoven, vice president of cloud research at Trend Micro.

"If you look at the demands they are relatively low — they are in the ballpark of what people can afford to pay," says Bharat Mistry, a Trend Micro cybersecurity consultant. In fact, 65 percent of companies pay a ransom when they are hit by ransomware, according to Trend Micro's research.

A piece of malware spotted by Trend Micro in early July leverages the SambaCry vulnerability to target NAS devices, particularly ones used by small and medium-size businesses.