The latest explosion in malware is being reported as spreading at an alarming rate with Kapersky Lab reporting more than 45,000 attacks around the world in only a few short hours.<\/p>\n
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An urgent malware threat is making news today with Kapersky Lab reporting more than 45,000 attacks around the world in only a few short hours. This alarming rate of infection reinforces that ransomware is emerging as one of the major threats of our time and by some reports has grown into a billion dollar business<\/a> for online thieves.<\/p>\n Gizmodo is updating this page<\/a> with information on the current threat and information on how its spreading.<\/p>\n This particular ransomware is called WanaCryptor and you can see a map of it spreading in a tweet from Malware Tech:<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/MalwareTechBlog\/status\/863054943632187392<\/a> It functions similar to other ransomware in that it locks down files unless the victim makes a payment. Ransomware infects machines though inadvertent clicks on malware links in phishing emails that pose as legitimate emails. <\/span><\/p>\n Protecting your organization from ransomware requires a \u201cdefence in depth\u201d strategy that includes everything from user education, layers of firewalls inside and outside the network and anti-malware\/virus software on user PC’s.<\/p>\n Today’s world of BYOD and home office make matters more complex, as possible attack vectors increase. However, there are steps that can be taken to help detect when malware has infected a device or and PC and tries to communicate with its command and control software.<\/p>\n There are literally hundreds of combinations of technologies that sophisticated organizations are taking to protect themselves. This isn’t just a big business problem. Hospitals can have patient operations crippled and in the UK this virus has caused them to turn away non-emergency patients<\/a>. According to one report<\/a> 70% of small businesses that get hit never end up recovering. <\/p>\n From CIRA’s perspective it is an important reason why we have released the D-Zone DNS Firewall Service for Canadian organizations and businesses. For those interested in a presentation on the firewall and how it works they can book a meeting with our DNS experts from the product landing page<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The latest explosion in malware is being reported as spreading at an alarming rate with Kapersky Lab reporting more than 45,000 attacks around the world in only a few short hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2859,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"slim_seo":{"title":"Breaking news: WanaCryptor ransomware exploding globally \u2013 underscores the need for a defence strategy - CIRA","description":"The latest explosion in malware is being reported as spreading at an alarming rate with Kapersky Lab reporting more than 45,000 attacks around the world in only"},"footnotes":""},"topic":[28],"class_list":["post-42346","cira_news","type-cira_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cira_news_type-cira-news-type-blog","cira_topic-cira-topic-cybersecurity","cira_author-rob-williamson"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/news\/42346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cira_news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/news\/42346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cira_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/topic?post=42346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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