Cryptolocker - News, Features, and Slideshows

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  Vendors will break WannaCry’s encryption within months, strategist predicts

  Concerted industry efforts are likely to produce a decryption tool for the WannaCry ransomware attack within months, the head of one vendor’s security team has predicted while warning that the attack’s emboldened creators may be using it as a distraction for other malicious activity.

  David Braue | 18 May | Read more

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  Malware visibility teaches Federation Training the value of end-to-end security

  It hadn’t taken long after Federation Training introduced a new security platform that the wisdom of the move became clear, with scanners picking up “dozens if not hundreds of quarantined files” on a daily basis as the institute’s 4000 students and 500 staff connected and disconnected from the institute’s network.

  David Braue | 02 Nov | Read more

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  Weigh security technologies on ransomware-busting effectiveness, Webroot Executive advises

  Rapid escalation in the sophistication of CryptoLocker and other ransomware – particularly in Australia – will rapidly clear out a field of contenders as security tools vendors push hard to find new ways of protecting against the malicious software, a security executive of one endpoint security vendor has predicted.

  David Braue | 14 May | Read more

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  The week in security: Government departments given infosec guidance as cloud threatens security workers

  A set of concrete guidelines for government digital service delivery marked the first deliverables from the fledgling Digital Transformation Office (DTO), with mandatory compliance with the 36-element Protective Security Policy Framework among the security-related regulations agencies must now follow.

  David Braue | 14 Apr | Read more

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  The human firewall has a soft spot: you

  For all the talk about the importance of new security technologies, the importance of staff buying into corporate security strategies is often underestimated. In every case, the predictable result is the same: a strong technological barrier whose effectiveness is immediately compromised once a legitimate user, with legitimate access to internal resources, clicks on a phishing email designed to load malware onto their computer.

  David Braue | 12 Mar | Read more

• How to recover files after a malware attack

  Malware infected Jones888's computer, and important files are no longer accessible. How can Jones get them back?

  Lincoln Spector | 13 Jan | Read more

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