The Hill (blog) |
Feds must listen to the tech industry if they want to stop future 'WannaCry' attacks
The Hill (blog) Cyber attacks are the newest and fastest growing threat vector to our national and economic security. Roughly 70 percent of businesses expect to be compromised each year, and the estimated economic loss from cybercrime worldwide will reach $ 3 trillion … |
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Validian Protects Against Latest Ransomware & Zero Day Vulnerability Attacks
IT Business Net The attacks were comprised of two parts; the first being a successful exploitation of a zero–day vulnerability inherent in certain Microsoft operating systems, which then facilitated the second part of the attack that allowed the hackers to implement … |
SC Magazine |
Terror Exploit Kit ditches carpet bombing techniques; attacks now more surgical
SC Magazine The Terror Exploit Kit is rapidly evolving, no longer bombarding victims with multiple exploits in scattershot fashion, but rather applying only the hacking tools that work best against a specific compromised machine, according to research from Cisco's … |
Companies are stockpiling Bitcoin just in case they suffer a ransomware attack and need to quickly regain access to their data.
David Bisson reports.