More than two months after a cyberattack hobbled many of its critical municipal systems, the city of Atlanta is still sorting through the wreckage of what is likely the worst cyberattack targeting a U.S. city to date. On March 22, Atlanta’s connected systems city-wide were hit with a ransomware message locking their respective files and […]
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A year later, the exploit that fueled the WannaCry ransomware remains a threat
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It’s been a year since the WannaCry ransomware swept the globe, encrypting computers and wreaking havoc in the process. So you might think we’d have the vulnerability it exploited neatly wrapped up by now.
You’d be wrong.
Despite the potential billions of dollars in damage caused by the likely North Korean ransomware, hundreds of thousands of computers around the globe are still vulnerable to similar attacks — and that’s probably not going to change any time soon.
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WannaCry hit the world hard on May 12, 2017. It wasn’t long before security researchers determined that the reason it was able to spread so quickly from computer to computer — like those at UK hospitals — was because of an exploit once hoarded by the NSA: EternalBlue. Read more…
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View More A year later, the exploit that fueled the WannaCry ransomware remains a threatBoeing reportedly hit by Wannacry ransomware
Boeing has reportedly been struck in a major way by Wannacry, the ransomware that spread like wildfire last year. The Seattle Times obtained a memo from Mike VanderWel, of the company’s commercial airliner division, describing the malware as “metastasizing rapidly.”
View More Boeing reportedly hit by Wannacry ransomwareCryptojacking is becoming a real menace
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Cryptojacking — the malicious practice of hijacking one’s computer resources to mine cryptocurrencies — has taken off in a big way near the end of last year.
According to a report by Symantec, published on Wednesday, cryptojacking has surged by 8,500% last year, especially since September — which is roughly the time when the price of Bitcoin and Ethereum really hit the stratosphere.
Besides being lucrative, cryptojacking is generally simpler to do than installing malware on someone’s computer, and it often goes unnoticed by the victim. Read more…
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View More Cryptojacking is becoming a real menaceTresorit adds file restore to its e2e encrypted cloud storage service
Europe-based cloud storage startup Tresorit which mainly focuses on selling to small to medium size businesses has added a file restore feature to its e2e encrypted cloud storage platform which it’s touting as a helpful feature if you’re trying to recover from a ransomware attack. Read More
UK accuses Russia of 2017’s NotPetya ransomware attacks
The UK government has directly accused Russia of being behind the so called NotPetya ransomware attack last year — which quickly spread around the globe, including affecting businesses in Spain, France and India, demanding payment in Bitcoin to unlock infected machines. Read More