Post Tagged with: "WannaCry"
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Scammers using WannaCry attack to lure victims
Action Fraud has received the first reports of Tech-Support scammers claiming to be from Microsoft who are taking advantage of the global WannaCry ransomware attack. One victim fell for the scam after calling a ‘help’ number advertised on a pop up window. The window which wouldn’t close said the victim […]
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Cybersecurity experts discuss who’s to blame for WannaCry attacks
Following Sir David Omand’s letter to The Times, in which he claims that the tech giant knew when it withdrew technical support for the system in 2014 that public and private sector bodies around the world were still heavily reliant on it, security experts respond: Misha Govshteyn, founder and SVP […]
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Institute of Risk Management Responds to Global WannaCry Ransomware Attack
Institute of Risk Management Responds to Global WannaCry Ransomware Attack The recent ransomware attack on the NHS and over 30,000 companies globally has brought cybercrime to the top of the risk and news agenda. Patrick Keady, CFIRM, IRM Board member and Chair of the IRM Health and Care Sector Interest […]
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NHS cyber attack: why protecting data is so important
Given recent events that happened with large scale ransomware attacks on the NHS and other organisations around the globe, Ravi Pather, senior vice president of eperi has written some in-depth commentary on why security data itself is so important, especially in light of forthcoming GDPR requirements. While the world focuses […]
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