The recent WannaCry ransomware attacks highlight the ongoing need for organizations to address cybersecurity risks in their IT environments and find ways to balance environmental stability with risk mitigation. Protiviti just released a Flash Report providing companies guidance on what actions should be taken to mitigate cybersecurity risks going forward. Below is a synopsis:
The attacks that took place around the globe this weekend were not new, but had a greater, wider-spread effect than ever seen before. The attacks leveraged ransomware (a form of malware which encrypts data and files and demands payment to restore access to them) and may have been made possible through leaked tools from the National Security Agency (NSA) in the United States. The malware took advantage of a previously disclosed Microsoft vulnerability, for which many systems have not yet been patched.
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