It’s 1 of the biggest malware attacks so far, crippling institutions across countries. The cyberattack, according to cybersecurity firm Avast has already seen 75,000 cases of the ransomware – known as WannaCry & variants of that name – around the world. There are reports of infections in 99 countries, including Russia and China. Among the worst hit was the National Health Service (NHS) in England & Scotland.
First, there were reports of Spain’s largest telecom being hit with pop-up windows demanding a $300 ransom to access files. Then at least 16 hospitals in England’s National Healt …
In less than 24 hours, the WannaCry ransomware used spam, borrowed from leaked NSA exploits and deployed multiple other infection methods to spread across at least 75,000 PCs. But …
Several cybersecurity firms said they had identified the malicious software behind the attack in upward of 60 countries, with Russia apparently the hardest hit. The Russian Inter …
Ransomware is a type of malware that attempts to extort a computer user for money. In some cases, the ransomware encrypts certain files and holds them hostage. In other cases, as h …