Ransomware

Turkey will establish a "cyber army" against possible cyber threats, Turkish Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan has said, commenting on the recent WannaCry "ransomware" attack that has infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide.

It has been a frustrating month for all IT executives around the globe. They were faced with the most devastating attack on IT systems that they had ever seen. This attack, different from many known cyberattacks, hit everybody where it really hurts: data.

Rapid advances in information technologies and the increase in the use of internet has created a very complex system; i.e. the "internet of things" (IoT). It refers to the connectivity of devices like refrigerators through embedded network software, enabling them to interact with the external environment via internet.

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The source for WannaCry ransomware, which has spread to 150 countries, may be Pyongyang or those trying to frame it, security analysts say, pointing to code similarities between the virus and a malware attributed to alleged hackers from North Korea.

Chinese local authorities from traffic police to industry regulators were hobbled on Monday by a massive global ransomware attack, but the spread of the WannaCry worm in the country appeared less aggressive than initially feared, Reuters reported.

Several Balkan countries braced on Monday for a new wave of cyberattacks, as Europol warned that last Friday's WannaCry ransomware attack, which affected 150 countries, might trigger aftershocks as people returned to work in the morning.

Governments and computer experts girded on May 15 for a possible worsening of the global cyberattack that has hit more than 150 countries, as Microsoft warned against stockpiling vulnerabilities like the one at the heart of the crisis.

Friday’s cyber attack crippled the NHS and hit more than 200,000 victims in 150 countries.
But as people return to work on Monday and turn on their computers, the head of the EU’s police agency and cyber experts said the number of victims could rise.

Yesterday's attack by the new WannaCry ransomware which has infected thousands of computers around the world continues, experts from the Combating Organized Crime Chief Directorate caution.

Yesterday's massive hacker attack has not affected Bulgarian institutions.

The “accidental hero” who halted the global spread of an unprecedented ransomware attack by registering a garbled domain name hidden in the malware has warned the attack could be rebooted.