Petya uses hybrid infection technique
2017-06-28
Security MEA speaks with Steve Grobman, CTO at McAfee on the recent Petya ransomware attack.Read More…
Petya takes advantage of WannaCry exploits
2017-06-28
Kalle Bjorn, Director, Systems Engineering, Fortinet details the company’s research on the latest romsomware attack, Petya saying that the company is currently tracking this new ransomware variant that is sweeping across the globe and is Read More…
Digital Shadows urges not pay bitcoin fee after Petya attack
2017-06-28
Petya first appeared this morning and has been spreading around the world, mainly infecting businesses and government agencies and departments in the Ukraine and Russia, but there have been increasing reports of businesses in other countries also being compromised, with reports filtering in from the US, UK, Germany, Switzerland andRead More…
Petya ransomware: Attacks are upping the ante
2017-06-28
A new massive attack allegedly based on Petwrap ransomware, ‘Petya’ which started in Ukraine is now affecting countries across the world. The extent of the attack’s severity and its cause are still unknown. Once again it is a ransomware that is infecting computers worldwide making chaos, and reports have come inRead More…
Britain’s NCSC links NHS cyber-attack to N Korea
2017-06-18
British security officials believe that hackers in North Korea were behind the cyber-attack that crippled parts of the NHS and other organisations around the world last month, according to a BBC report.Read More…
Wcry is here; what to do next?
2017-05-16
Guest written by Steven Malone, Director of Security Product Management at Mimecast.Read More…