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Virus maker distances itself from attack as police and security experts investigate malware possibility
Read More »Global cyber attack no longer thought to be ransomware
Are mass cyber security attacks like WannaCry and Petya now the norm?
As the ‘Petya’ ransomware sweeps around the world, IT security experts are signalling the dawn of a new era
Read More »Held to ransom – WannaCry fallout
Rob Horgan asks industry experts what needs to change to prevent WannaCry from happening again
Read More »Cybercrime estimated to cost businesses $8 trillion in next five years
The recent WannaCry virus – which claimed over 200,000 victims in around 150 countries – was not a one-off, but a sign of things to come
Read More »EU Cyber Security Agency says it needs more money to defend against cyber attacks
ENISA's executive director Udo Helmbrecht warned that attacks were evolving quicker than predicted with a particular threat to economic wellbeing
Read More »‘Windows 10 is only OS safe from WannaCry’, says Microsoft
Microsoft urges users to update systems in order to prevent ransomware such as the WannaCry virus
Read More »UK security expert calls for ‘global cyber police force’
Mark Skilton, of Warwick Business School, believes a worldwide online watchdog needs to be established in order to prevent ‘potentially fatal’ attacks
Read More »Microsoft president tells governments to ‘wake up’ to cyber security after global ransomware attack
The Microsoft president said it should be a much-awaited ‘wake-up call’ for governments as, security officials attempt to find who was behind the attack
Read More »Resellers believe new threats are their customers’ biggest concern
45 per cent of resellers think their customers do not have correct resources to protect against malware attacks
Read More »How to prevent being a victim of Ransomware
Paul Mitchell, from FixMeStick comments on the rise in this form of computer malware
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