Paladion has announced that since Sunday, May 14, 2017, it has discovered new variants of the WannaCry Ransomworm. These new variants have no connection to the previous Kill Switch found in the original ransomware, which started wreaking havoc across the globe on May 12, 2017.Read More…
Security MEA speaks to Becky Pinkard, the Vice President for Service Delivery and Intelligence Operations at Digital Shadows, about the effect of WannaCry cyber threat in the regionRead More…
Florian Malecki, the International Product Marketing Director at SonicWall speaks to Security MEA about the recent WannaCry attack Have there been any instances of WannaCry attack in the region? According to the Computer Emergency Response Team (aeCERT), part of the TRA in the UAE, they have not received any e-government serviceRead More…
Guest written by: Steve Grobman, senior vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) for McAfee The morning of Friday, May 12 multiple sources in Spain began reporting an outbreak of the ransomware now identified as WannaCry. Upon learning of these incidents, McAfee immediately began working to analyze samples of the ransomwareRead More…
Security MEA speaks to Amit Roy, executive vice president and regional head for EMEA at Paladion about the latest Wanna cry ransomware attack and its far reaching impact Do you have any intelligence whether Middle East been effected by Wanna cry attack? The full extent of the Wanna cry ransomwareRead More…
Guest written by: Alain Penel, Regional Vice President – Middle East, Fortinet Ransomware has become the fastest growing malware threat, targeting everyone from home users to healthcare systems to corporate networks. Tracking analysis shows that there has been an average of more than 4,000 ransomware attacks every day since JanuaryRead More…
Guest Written By: Rick Vanover, Director of Technical Product Marketing at Veeam Software If one thing has the attention of IT decision makers worldwide, it is the risk of ransomware. We frequently see headlines on outages caused by ransomware and the reality is that this is a big problem forRead More…
Kaspersky Lab identifies ransomware actors focusing on targeted attacks against businesses Kaspersky announced the discovery of an new emerging and alarming trend that more and more cybercriminals are turning their attention from attacks against private users to targeted ransomware attacks against businesses. According to Kaspersky, at least eight groups ofRead More…
