Petya
How businesses can protect their computers from Ransomware like Petya
Worried about Ransomware like Petya crippling your business…? Then just follow these steps to protect your computers from the said malware. 1.) Train your staff to be suspicious- Being suspicious in some cases do works and here’s the best reason to prove it. According to a study carried out by Kaspersky Labs 60% of ransomware […]
Antidote to GoldenEye Cyber Attack has been found
Security Researchers have found an antidote to the recent Petya Ransomware cyber attack which took place in the late hours of Monday this week. The researchers claim that the solution will act as a kill switch that would prevent GoldenEye ransomware from spreading future into vulnerable systems. Researchers have found that a creation of read-only […]
Microsoft blames tax software for spread of recent Petya Ransomware Cyber Attack
A global cyber attack launched for the second time in the past two months is said to have crippled almost all businesses in Ukraine. Except for few government agencies, the virus which mimics the features of Petya ransomware hit all enterprise systems in Europe and its neighboring countries. According to a recent media update issued […]
Petya ransomware hits companies across Europe
A major ransomware attack was launched on companies operating in Europe targeting banks, government offices and power grids. And as per the latest reports available to us, Ukraine’s National Bank, State Power Company and Largest Airport were also targeted by hackers. Ukraine’s Prime Minister Rozenko Pavlo said that the latest attack was a mimic of […]
Job Aspirants becoming Ransomware victims
Job Aspirants are now falling prey to cyber criminals and this was proved in a recent survey conducted by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. As per the survey, job aspirants contacting Human Resource Departments are being targeted by ransomware spreading criminals in the disguise of a job application. What’s more astonishing is that cybercriminals behind […]
