On Friday, the largest cyberattack ever infected over 200,000 computers in over 150 countries around the world. The attack launched a virus that locked the computers’ data until a ransom of $300 was paid inBitcoin. The ransomware virus, calledWannaCry, infected computers in organizations ranging...
The Associated Press FILE - In this Monday, May 15, 2017, file photo, British IT expert Marcus Hutchins speaks during an interview in Ilfracombe, England. Hutchins, a young British researcher credited with derailing a global cyberattack in May, has been arrested for allegedly creating and...
Moller-Maersk a well known global shipping company called it a global attack when their computers got affected by WannaCry Ransomware on Tuesday. The company has tweeted about the fresh episode of cyber attack and said,“We confirm some Maersk IT systems are down. The safety of our ...
Marcus Hutchins, a young British researcher credited with derailing a global cyberattack in May, was arrested for allegedly creating and distributing malicious software designed to collect bank-account passwords, U.S. authorities said Thursday.
Jul. 27. One researcher details just how prolificCyber-Crime-As-a-Serviceis as a result of the dark web. Jul. 26. Many security professionals scoff when told that a given cyber attack is ‘sophisticated.’ They say that most cyber attacks are merely the result ofwily opportunists. ...
It noted that in a massive attack against US-based Yahoo, "one of the cybercriminals who hacked Yahoo at the behest of Russian intelligence services... also used the stolen data for spam and credit card fraud for personal benefit."
and influence their decision-making and judgment effectively.As NTCPA is a significant political cyber-attack,the accompanying risks of NTCPA should be studied in domain of cybersecurity.With advance of network society and implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative,China will face pressure of ...
This started a conversation about whether this Petya variant was primarily a ransomware like WannaCrypt or a destructive cyberattack like Depriz (also known as Shamoon). Figure 4. Petya incorporated complex behaviors not typical of ransomware The debate is not settled, but th...
The use of the Distributed Spam Distraction or DSD is something that we reported on many years ago. However, it has made a marked return and is using updated tactics. Ultimately, this is an attack designed to disguise a cybercriminal’s purchase or wire fraud activity in real time. ...
A massive cyberattack has struck computers around the globe. Have you been affected by the highly virulent self-replicating ransomware? If not, how can you protect your data without paying the ransom?