RansomwareNewz Desk – Bad Rabbit Special

Welcome to RWNZ outta Boston where, of course, the big ransomware news of the last 48 hours is Bad Rabbit – the latest cyberattack that’s sweeping across Europe. After parts of the United Kingdom were recently battered by Hurricane Ophelia and Storm Brian, IT professionals are battening down the hatches at the prospect of another huge ransomware attack. But could Bad Rabbit rival WannaCry and Petya/NotPetya in size and scope, or is it a storm in a teacup? Let’s take a closer look by jumping… DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE The Bad Rabbit outbreak appears to have started in Russia and

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RansomwareNewz Desk – Equifax And FedEx Are Fed Up

FEDEX ARE THOROUGHLY FED UP FedEx may have acquired Dutch shipping company TNT Express last year, but we here at the RansomwareNewz Desk have always wanted FedEx to merge with rivals UPS so they can re-name their company in line with how their parcel-less customers often feel – FedUp.  Their employees look more happy with the news, though… Joking aside, FedEx now have a much better reason to be fed up – the Memphis-based delivery company has revealed that this summer’s NotPetya ransomware attack (which used a Windows exploit stripped from an NSA leak) that affected newly acquired TNT Express

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