Tag: WannaCry

Which industries will Ransomware hackers strike next?

Prevention

They’ve taken hospitals, power plants, oil and gas companies and governmental departments offline… no, we’re not talking about Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s plans for selling off America to the highest bidder (Moscow and Beijing) – we’re talking about Ransomware hackers. In the last couple of years, Ransomware has gone from minor pain in the backside to billion dollar industry. So where are their botnets, spearfishing emails and malware going to strike next? WHICH INDUSTRIES ARE THE MOST ATTACKED? Earlier this year, the NTT Security’s Global Threat Intelligence Report – the most comprehensive report of its kind, based on

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THE TOP 10 RANSOMWARE TWEETS AND MEMES OF ALL TIME!

Aftermath

Before May of this year, most non-techies had never heard of ransomware but when the Wannacry outbreak infected Britain’s hospital computers, Germany’s rail network and Spain’s main telecoms provider, everyone soon sat up and started taking network security more seriously. So today we’re counting down the ten most hilarious, visionary and ironic ransomware tweets and memes from around the world, including some eye-opening truths about other countries… At Number 10 is a popular ransomware themes – how Linux just bosses Windows at overall network security. South Korean company Nayana may have something to say about that after they paid a

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