ransomware
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Petya/GoldenEye Has An Appetite For Destruction
3When the Petya/GoldenEye cyber event started about 48 hours ago, it looked like a more damaging upgrade to WannaCry. But as the dust settles it’s becoming clear the makers and distributors of Petra/GoldenEye were not interested in money.
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Windows 10 S Doesn’t Appear To Be As Invulnerable To Ransomware As Microsoft Claims
Microsoft’s tall claim that “no known ransomware” will run on its Windows 10 S operating system has been weighed, measured and found wanting.
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When It Comes To Ransomware, It’s Sometimes Best To Pay Up
Companies hit by ransomware are faced with an ethical dilemma: pay up to save their now-encrypted data, or hold the moral high ground and lose it all. This is a question many companies may have to face. The recent WannaCry cyber-attack, which targeted the data of organisations including UK hospitals, is part of a growing…
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WannaCry Is The Tip Of The Iceberg
With WannaCry garnering a lot of attention over the last few days, it’s easy to forget that the root cause of the damage it wreaked is still out there. The vulnerability it exploited was a weakness in Windows’ file-sharing protocol. And while the threat of WannCry has been largely contained, if the vulnerability, dubbed EternalBlue…