LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The WannaCry ransomware attack that wreaked havoc on computer systems around the world over the past few days may be the handiwork of North Korea, some early clues suggest. Google security researcher Neel Mehta sent out a tweet Monday linking two samples of malicious code: One from an…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) has reportedly been using a 15-year-old operating system for its virtual infrastructure, which likely contributed to its vulnerability during the massive cyber attack that occurred Friday. Several hospitals and health facilities in the NHS network suffered internal chaos after being hit…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman Several hospitals across the U.K. were reportedly hit by a massive cyber attack Friday, causing internal turmoil since staff couldn’t access files and were forced to reroute emergency patients. Tom Donnelly, a spokesperson for the country’s National Health Service (NHS), said the assault and its effects are still…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Eric Lieberman “Ransomware” is now so widespread that it cost businesses a total of $1 billion in 2016, according to a new report. Ransomware is a type of infected software designed to take over a computer system and then block access for the authorized user. Hackers encrypt information critical to the…