Network Security, Malicious Threats, and Common Computer Definitions
We’ve put together this glossary of cyber threat definitions as a resource for you in your quest to help make the internet a safer place for all!
It’s Bad Rabbit Season: How to Prevent & Mitigate Ransomware Attacks
Like rabbits, ransomware seems to multiply at a prodigious rate. The newest strain causing widespread damage dubbed Bad Rabbit, due to the TOR hidden service it directs victims to visit, appears to be based on the Petya ransomware and its’ variants, according to Cisco Talos. The campaign seems to have largely targeted Russia and Eastern Europe.
Top Four Tips to Mitigate Ransomware Attacks Like Petya
Petya is a ransomware campaign that has been updated to take advantage of an exploit named EternalBlue (named this by the NSA as part of their toolset). This exploit takes advantage of a vulnerability in the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol.
Top 4 Takeaways for Guarding Against Ransomware Attacks After WannaCry
Earlier this month WannaCry was named the world’s biggest cyberattack which hit at over 150 countries and infected over 300,000 machines across hospitals, universities, manufacturers, government agencies and other important centers.