May 18, 2017
There is still a perception today amongst businesses and their leaders that their company’s security is good enough to stand up to the numerous threats, such as the WannaCry ransomware that hit businesses globally this past weekend. Mid-2016, VMware in South Africa...
May 17, 2017
WannaCryptor, aka WannaCry, is one of the biggest cybersecurity stories of 2017. In fact, you could go as far as to suggest one of the biggest in years. Since news first broke on Friday, broadcasters, journalists, bloggers, commentators, experts and security vendors,...
May 16, 2017
Microsoft has issued the following alert to provide guidance regarding malware variously named WannaCrypt, WannaCry, WannaCryptor, or Wcry. On May 12, 2017, many of our customers around the world and the critical systems they depend on were victims of malicious...
May 16, 2017
In light of recent cyber-attacks focused on global organizations through ransomware, EY is urging organisations worldwide to take immediate action and engage effective response measures to mitigate the effect of these attacks and help protect themselves against future...
May 16, 2017
Mark Hughes, CEO of BT Security, tenders this statement: WannaCry brought to the front many of the issues we, security professionals have been highlighting for considerable time. It is not the first global attack, but it is unique in its scope and the way it spread....
May 16, 2017
An unprecedented wave of ransomware infections is hitting organizations in all industries around the world. The culprit: the WannaCry/WCry ransomware (detected by Trend Micro as RANSOM_WANA.A and RANSOM_WCRY.I). Trend Micro has been tracking WannaCry since its...
