Month: June 2017

The “NotPetya” virus attack, which spread to businesses around the world, may not have been a project aimed at financial gain through ransoms, an increasing number of cybersecurity experts estimate. On the contrary, despite the demand for ransom to “unlock” the infected computers, this particular “ransomware” appears to have simply been aimed at destroying data, with experts pointing to its particularly “aggressive” features, which made Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

A security problem recently detected in widely used network software makes tens of thousands of computers likely vulnerable to a cyber-attack similar to that caused by “WannaCry”, which infected more than 300,000 computers around the world, cyber security researchers said on Thursday. Reuters reports that the US Department of Homeland Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …

“Industroyer” is a sophisticated and extremely malicious malware capable of disrupting critical industrial processes. ESET researchers analyzed malware samples —which were detected by ESET as “Win32 /Industroyer”— that are capable of attacking power supply infrastructures. There is a strong possibility that this malware will be involved in the attack against Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …