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Ransomware

Are you protected against WannaCryptor and other forms of ransomware?

Are you protected against WannaCryptor and other forms of ransomware?

Ransomware

Are you protected against WannaCryptor and other forms of ransomware?

Technology evangelist Marc Saltzman asks: Are you protected against WannaCryptor, aka WannaCry, and other forms of ransomware?

Marc Saltzman18 May 2017


Ransomware

WannaCryptor: Are governments and financial regulators to blame?

WannaCryptor: Are governments and financial regulators to blame?

Ransomware

WannaCryptor: Are governments and financial regulators to blame?

Are governments and financial regulators to blame for WannaCryptor, aka WannaCry, asks Tony Anscombe in this insightful feature.

Tony Anscombe18 May 2017


Ransomware

WannaCryptor wasn’t the first to use EternalBlue: Miners misused it days after Shadow Brokers leak

WannaCryptor wasn’t the first to use EternalBlue: Miners misused it days after Shadow Brokers leak

Ransomware

WannaCryptor wasn’t the first to use EternalBlue: Miners misused it days after Shadow Brokers leak

The massive campaign that spread the WannaCry ransomware wasn’t the only large-scale infection misusing the EternalBlue and DoublePulsar exploits.

Ondrej Kubovič17 May 2017


Ransomware

EternalBlue: Is your PC patched against the WannaCryptor worm vulnerability?

EternalBlue: Is your PC patched against the WannaCryptor worm vulnerability?

Ransomware

EternalBlue: Is your PC patched against the WannaCryptor worm vulnerability?

In this post, ESET's Cassius Puodzius addresses what we can learn from the WannaCryptor ransomware attack, and what we can expect.

Cassius Puodzius16 May 2017


Ransomware

WannaCryptor aka WannaCry: Key questions answered

WannaCryptor aka WannaCry: Key questions answered

Ransomware

WannaCryptor aka WannaCry: Key questions answered

WannaCryptor, aka WannaCry, is one of the biggest cybersecurity stories of 2017. We’ve put together this Q&A, bringing together some of the key points.

Editor15 May 2017


Ransomware

Jackware hits the big screen in #Fast8: Fate of the Furious

Jackware hits the big screen in #Fast8: Fate of the Furious

Ransomware

Jackware hits the big screen in #Fast8: Fate of the Furious

ESET's Stephen Cobb examines how close we are to the kind of jackware technology shown in the latest Fast and Furious film franchise, Fate of the Furious.

Stephen Cobb09 May 2017


Ransomware

Healthcare challenges: Ransomware and the Internet of Things are the tip of the iceberg

Healthcare challenges: Ransomware and the Internet of Things are the tip of the iceberg

Ransomware

Healthcare challenges: Ransomware and the Internet of Things are the tip of the iceberg

ESET's Lysa Myers discusses the challenges facing healthcare technology, medical and fitness devices and highlights the need to secure medical devices

Lysa Myers07 Apr 2017


Ransomware

Talking Android ransomware extorts victims

Talking Android ransomware extorts victims

Ransomware

Talking Android ransomware extorts victims

Talking Android ransomware sounds like something out of a science fiction movie. It's not - it's very real, explains ESET's Lukas Stefanko.

Lukas Stefanko01 Mar 2017


Ransomware

New crypto-ransomware hits macOS

New crypto-ransomware hits macOS

Ransomware

New crypto-ransomware hits macOS

This last month we have seen a new ransomware for Mac. Written in Swift, it is distributed on BitTorrent distribution site as “Patcher” for pirating popular software.

Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé22 Feb 2017