It was just over a year ago that the WannaCry malware stormed across the globe, infecting hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Windows PCs, throwing the operations of such major organizations as the UK ...
The crippling ransomware attack last week that paralyzed hospitals, universities and businesses globally was just a cyber appetizer, experts warn. The main dish is still to come. "That was just a big ...
Ransomware is a debilitating form of malware that breaks into a system and locks users out by encrypting all of their files. That data is then held as “ransom” until the hacker’s demands are met. The ...
A Boeing aircraft plant appears to have sustained a cyber attack related to the WannaCry ransomware virus, although the company downplayed the attack and later claimed that it did not affect ...
In business as in life, whenever something goes terribly wrong, there is a reflexive tendency to start talking about what should have been done and to affix blame instead of focusing on how to move ...
The sort of ransomware attack experts have warned about for years has happened. Now organizations need to examine their security postures. On May 12, the sort of cyber disaster security experts had ...
An unidentified threat actor, reportedly originating from Vietnam, has been observed engaging in a ransomware campaign that commenced no later than June 4 and employing a variant of the Yashma ...
Nothing like zombie campaigns: WannaCry’s old as dirt, and GandCrab threw in the towel years ago. They’re on auto-pilot at this point, researchers say. What’s old in ransomware is new again. Or, more ...
A spyware campaign using tools from a secretive Israeli firm was used to attack and impersonate dozens of human rights activists, journalists and others. — Photo ...
What kind of sickness causes publications to show gratitude by doxing the 'hero' responsible for stopping the WannaCry ransomware attack? It is sickening when people prove “no good deed goes ...