The Petya malware variant that hit businesses around the world may not have been an attempt to make money, suspect security experts. The malicious program demanded a payment to unlock…
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Tax software blamed for cyber-attack spread
By Jane Wakefield, Technology reporter A global cyber-attack that affected companies around the world may have started via corrupted updates on a piece of accountancy software. Fingers are increasingly pointing…
Legal Ramifications of a Ransomware Attack
By Andrew Barratt Ransomware strikes again, and this time the culprit is known as ‘NotPetya’! Coalfire’s labs team have already issued some guidance on how to mitigate the ransomware and…
Global ransomware attack causes turmoil
Companies across the globe are reporting that they have been struck by a major ransomware cyber-attack. British advertising agency WPP is among those to say its IT systems have been…