WannaCry is Still Dominating Ransomware (axios.com) 43
An anonymous reader writes: WannaCry, once the greatest cybersecurity calamity in history, now doesn't work. A website critical to its function is now controlled by civic-minded security researchers, and the fixed deadline to pay the ransom has long passed. Yet WannaCry still accounts for 28% of ransomware attacks -- the most of any ransomware family. According to a new study by Kaspersky Lab, the defanged North Korea linked ransomware is still spreading uncontrollably. The spreading mechanism that passed WannaCry from victim to victim that was so virulent in the 2017 attack is still active, even if the ransomware itself isn't. The firm discovered that since the WannaCry outbreak in May 2017 has affected 74,621 users across the globe.
sigh... (Score:2, Interesting)
Every time, *EVERY* time, I hear about any ransomware victims, especially organizations, my first though is "sure the downtime sucks, but you do have versioned backups....right?", not response..."RIGHT????"
I mean how doesn't?????? If you are an organization that doesn't you need to fire all of you IT staff, and higher anyone with half a brain.
Anti-trust needed (Score:1)
Monopolies are bad! This industry needs compet~ ^`# g&' NO CARRIER
75k does not seem like a very large number (Score:2, Interesting)
from the hoopla I thought it would have been in the millions.
#thanksNSA (Score:5, Insightful)
#thanksNSA https://www.npr.org/sections/t... [npr.org]