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Microsoft Urges Windows 7 & XP Users to Apply Security Update
Windows 7 & XP Update Warning While Windows XP user figures have started to dwindle a little over the last year or so, there are still a huge number of people who are (through preference or stubbornness) still sticking with 7. Admittedly, the transition to Windows 10 hasn’t proven to…
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Nearly Half Of IT Directors Admit They Would Pay A Ransom
Half Of IT Directors Admit They Would Pay A Ransom You may recall back in 2017 how the Wannacry malware virus had a huge impact on systems around the world. The virus proved to be one of the most successful in recent years with many low and high-level companies affected in…
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TSMC Reports Full Recovery From Ransomware Attack
TSMC Expects Minimal Impact From Attack Last weekend, a wide-ranging ransomware attack hit TSMC. Over the past week, the company has been working on remediating the situation. The company is now providing an update to the situation. According to the latest report, all operations are now supposed to be back in full…
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TSMC Fabs Offlined by Ransomware Attack
TSMC Fabs Struck by WannaCry Ransomware Variant Due to the immense capital costs, there are only a few major silicon foundries in the world. One of the most popular ones for fabless firms is TSMC. As the chip supplier for AMD, Nvidia and Apple, it plays a major role in…
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Digital Ransom Demands Skyrocket In The UK
Digital Ransom Demands Skyrocket In the UK by Anything Up To £150,000 Towards the beginning of last year, I predicted that 2017 would be rampant with lock-out malware specifically designed to random your systems. A little over 2 months later the Wannacry epidemic launched. Admittedly, this wasn’t much of an insight…
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UK Fails To Spend Enough To Improve Online Security
Despite the UK Having Europes Worst Internet Security Companies Are Not Spending Enough To Fix It Internet security, particularly for businesses and companies has never been more exposed to the perils of online hackers. Looking for even the slightest exploit available, websites have to be as watertight as possible. Data…
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UK Blames North Korea for WannaCry Attack
Back in May, ransomware took down a host of United Kingdom public services, including the NHS. Last year, hacking group The Shadow Brokers leaked a bunch of NSA-made Windows hacking tools. Consequently, hackers used the tools to create WannaCry. Initial analysis pointed the finger at China as the culprit. However, the…
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Fresh NHS Cyber Attack Reveals Over a Million Patient Records Compromised
NHS Security Under Scrutiny Again! NHS security procedures have been under a lot of pressure in recent months and it appears that they have not learnt their lesson. Reports are suggesting that another major data breach has occurred which has compromised the personal data of 1.2 million NHS patients in the…
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Windows 10 Fall Update will Include Ransomware Protection
Microsoft has released details about the upcoming Windows 10 Fall update. While many of these details will be interesting, there is one item that is somewhat topical at the moment. Windows 10 is going to attempt to incorporate ransomware protection. Ransomware protection in the fall update? Yes, the Windows 10…
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New Windows Ransomware Paralyses Companies Across Europe
A new ransomware – with a familiar history – is sweeping across Europe, infecting banks, businesses, and airlines. The malicious program, known as Petya/Petwrap, swept across Ukraine this morning. However, within hours, the software had spread into Europe. So far, victims include the Ukrainian government, Kiev’s Boryspil Airport, Danish shipping company…
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Windows 10 Not Immune to WannaCry
When the WannaCry ransomware hit last month, researchers claimed it could only infect systems running Windows 7 or earlier. Within days, it had infected Windows 8 and 8.1 machines, though Windows 10 remained unaffected. Security researcher, therefore, thought Microsoft’s latest operating system was immune to the malware. This assumption, as…
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WannaCry Analysis Points to China
A new investigation suggests that WannaCry – the ransomware that, earlier this month, downed Windows systems globally – was made in China. Translation software was responsible for the creation of twenty-five WannaCry ransom notes. However, researchers determined that a person was responsible for writing two versions of the note: English and Chinese. WannaCry –…
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US Government to Blame for Ransomware Attack says Microsoft
Microsoft has hit out at the US government blaming its own data hacking teams for causing the outbreak of the Ransomware virus. They have also warned that this attack is ‘only the beginning’. Why is the US government to blame? Microsoft is asserting that the problem is due to a…
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