A recent CNBC report has revealed that many cybersecurity companies saw their stocks rally Wednesday as the “Petya” ransomware program immobilized more than 12,000 computers from companies around the world in order to extort money from their owners, according to numbers from Microsoft.Read More…
Ransomware initially targeted individuals through phishing or other infection techniques that required user interaction. While profitable to the cybercriminals, such campaigns took time to reach a big scale. The WannaCry attack that happened in May, took ransomware to the next level by introducing worm-based compromise of machines. This Tuesday’s attacks,Read More…
Security MEA speaks with Steve Grobman, CTO at McAfee on the recent Petya ransomware attack.Read More…
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…
