Tag: Wannacry
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RBI asks banks to periodically test cyber attack vulnerability
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked commercial banks to periodically conduct vulnerability test to test their cyber security preparedness, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday. "The RBI had issued advisories to banks in relation to ransomware attacks, regarding application of relevant patches in and update of anti-virus software for all systems," Minister of …
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August 9, 2017 -
‘Petya malware cyber attack potent, uses multiple techniques’
Top IT security firms have warned that the latest 'Petya' malware could be particularly potent as it uses “multiple techniques” to automatically spread in a network soon after the first system is infected. The attack, which comes within weeks of a similar cyber attack called WannaCry, has been spreading through Europe, and seems to be …
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June 28, 2017 -
Ransomware ‘Nyetya’ behind new global cyber attack: Cisco
The computer virus that is affecting companies and institutions around the world is a new variant of ransomware called Nyetya — WannaCry's bad cousin — according to networking and security major Cisco. The new cyber attack started massively affecting dozens of companies and institutions in the world, beginning with Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday, and …
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June 28, 2017 -
European firms hit by ‘massive’ cyber attack
Major firms across Europe have been hit by a massive cyber attack, a media report said. In Ukraine, government departments, the central bank, a state-run aircraft manufacturer, the airport in Kiev and the metro network have all been paralysed by the hack, the Telegraph reported. In Britain, the advertising firm WPP said its systems had …
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June 27, 2017 -
Japan arrests 14-year-old for creating ransomware
Japanese authorities on Monday arrested a 14-year-old boy for creating a ransomware virus similar to WannaCry, which was responsible for global cyberattacks last month. The boy, a student at a secondary school in Osaka prefecture, is accused of creating the ransomware — a malware, or malicious software programme that limits or prevents users from accessing …
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June 5, 2017 -
‘WannaCry invasion preventable with patch, security updates’
The installation of the official Microsoft patch and security software updates can protect computers from attacks of the WannaCry ransomware, Russian security software company Kaspersky Lab has said. A massive number of organisations across the globe have been targeted by the malware since May 12. Hackers used the Trojan encrypter WannaCry to lock computers and …
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May 22, 2017 -
New, scarier ransomware ‘EternalRocks’ found
After a host of different ransomware attacks that hit enterprises across the globe, security researchers have now identified a new strain of malware "EternalRocks" that is more dangerous than WannaCry and is potentially tougher to fight. According to the researchers, "EternalRocks" exploits the same vulnerability in Windows that helped WannaCry spread to computers. It also …
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May 22, 2017 -
Singapore university staff hit by new cyber attacks
Two employees from the National University of Singapore (NUS) were hit by a fresh round of cyber attacks on Thursday. It was reported that the latest attacks undermined the computers of the two employees, including a researcher who worked on a security project funded by the Ministry of Defence, Xinhua news agency reported. According to …
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May 18, 2017 -
This 22-year-old put brakes on rasomware attack by accident
A 22-year-old cyber expert who accidentally stopped the breach at the British National Health Service (NHS) has now been hired by the British National Cyber Security Centre to prevent further damage. Marcus Hutchins, also known as "Malware Tech", accidentally triggered a "kill switch" that helped in stopping the "WannaCry" ransomware attack from spreading further, telegraph.co.uk …
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May 15, 2017 -
Ransomware ‘Wannacry’ hits Bengal, power discoms’ computers hacked
As Ransomware ‘Wannacry’ cripples computers across the globe, the virus has hit at least eight computers in four offices of the state-run electricity distributor West Bengal's West Midnapore, officials said on Monday. Reportedly, employees at the billing offices in Narayangarh, Keshiyari, Dantal and Belda in West Midnapore district found that they were unable to access …
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May 15, 2017 -
Smile, cyber security says no report yet on ‘WannaCry’ attack in India
India’s cyber security unit CERT-In on Monday said it has not received any formal report of cyber attack on India’s vital networks by the crippling global ransomware, ‘WannaCry’. India is on high alert, monitoring critical networks across sectors like banking, telecom, power and aviation to ensure that systems are protected against the attack that has …
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May 15, 2017 -
Govt activates mechanism to prevent cyber attack
The government on Sunday said it has activated a "preparedness and response mechanism" to prevent any major cyber attack from a new ransomware — "Wannacry" — which has infected computer systems around the world. According to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), it has activated a "preparedness and response mechanism" by instructing CERT-IN …
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May 14, 2017 -
200,000 users, 150 countries hit by ransomware: Europol chief
Friday's global cyber-attack has affected more than 200,000 victims in 150 countries, Europol chief Rob Wainwright said on Sunday. "The latest count is over 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries. Many of those victims will be businesses, including large corporations. The global reach is unprecedented," BBC quoted Wainwright as saying in an interview with …
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May 14, 2017 -
Next global cyber-attack likely on Monday: Experts
Another major cyber-attack is imminent after Friday's global hit that infected more than 125,000 computer systems and could come on Monday, a security researcher warned on Sunday. The UK security researcher "MalwareTech", who helped to limit the ransomware attack, predicted "another one coming… quite likely on Monday", the BBC reported. The virus, which took control …
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May 14, 2017 -
Beware, global ransomware virus on the prowl
The country's cyber security agency has alerted Internet users against damaging activities of a strong and globally active ransomware virus — ‘Wannacry’ — that critically infects work stations and locks them remotely. A red-coloured ‘critical alert’ has been issued by the Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In), the nodal agency to combat hacking, phishing …
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May 14, 2017