WannaCry’s Never Say Die Attitude Keeps It Going!

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 07:17:59 +0000

Over the past few months, the cybersecurity world was at buzz due to the infamous WannaCry ransomware attack. The attack was launched on a massive scale. The campaign started after the disclosure of NSA exploit leak by a hacker group called Shadow Brokers. Taking advantage of unpatched systems all over…

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InfoSec Europe 2017: ‘It’s all about ransomware and IoT’

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 13:47:52 +0000

What’s buzzing at InfoSec 2017 in London? We’ve got the lowdown<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=37676&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/Pkga5CyceGA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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WannaCry: come è avvenuto l’attacco

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 05:49:59 +0000

Lo scorso venerdì l’epidemia informatica del ransomware worm WannaCry ha infettato centinaia di migliaia di computers in tutto il globo. Un tipico attacco ransomware inizia con una email phishing con allegati ovvero link fraudolenti, che l’utente è indotto con l’inganno ad aprire. Tuttavia, i SophosLabs hanno stabilito che l’attacco WannaCry non è verosimilmente iniziato in [&#8230;]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=36825&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/2Za-kHtbT34″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (May 15 – May 21)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 13:59:59 +0000

A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 15th of May to the 21st. We covered WannaCry, Privacy Awareness week, and what to do when you suspect stolen personal data.

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WannaDecrypt your files? The WannaCry solution, for some

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 20:11:28 +0000

A decryptor (Wanakiwi) that has been developed for WannaCry/WannaCrypt/wCrypt. There is a catch though, it only works for some operating systems.

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WannaCry: how the attack happened

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 15:52:45 +0000

Delving deeper into WannaCry, Sophos CTO Joe Levy dissects the outbreak and gives his technical tips on what to do now.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=34403&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/qE9g5L3SHPg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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How did the WannaCry Ransomworm spread?

Credit to Author: Adam McNeil| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 14:00:45 +0000

Security researchers have had a busy week since the WannaCry ransomware outbreak that wreaked havoc on computers worldwide. How did it all happen?

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