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Symantec says 'highly likely' North Korea group behind ransomware attacks

EghtesadOnline: Cyber security firm Symantec Corp said on Monday it was "highly likely" a hacking group affiliated with North Korea was behind the WannaCry cyber attack this month that infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide and disrupted hospitals, banks and schools across the globe.
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Publish Date:23/May/2017 | 05:20

Companies use kidnap insurance to guard against ransomware attacks

EghtesadOnline: Companies without cyber insurance are dusting off policies covering kidnap, ransom and extortion in the world's political hotspots to recoup losses caused by ransomware viruses such as " WannaCry ", insurers say.
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Publish Date:20/May/2017 | 06:26

WannaCry attack is good business for cyber security firms

EghtesadOnline: For Kris Hagerman, chief executive of UK-based cyber security firm Sophos Group Plc, the past week could have been bad. The WannaCry "ransomware" attack hobbled some of its hospital customers in Britain's National Health Service, forcing them to turn away ambulances and cancel surgeries.
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Publish Date:20/May/2017 | 06:16

WannaCry cyber attack compromised some Russian banks: central bank

EghtesadOnline: The WannaCry ransomware attack compromised the systems of Russian banks in some isolated cases, the Russian central bank said on Friday in the first official acknowledgement by Moscow that the virus had an impact on the country's banking system.
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Publish Date:20/May/2017 | 06:03

Chinese state media says U.S. should take some blame for cyber attack

EghtesadOnline: Chinese state media on Wednesday criticized the United States for hindering efforts to stop global cyber threats in the wake of the WannaCry "ransomware" attack that has infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide in recent days.
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Publish Date:17/May/2017 | 08:40

Researchers see possible North Korea link to global cyber attack

EghtesadOnline: Cyber security researchers have found technical evidence they said could link North Korea with the global WannaCry "ransomware" cyber attack that has infected more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries since Friday.
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Publish Date:16/May/2017 | 06:01

French researchers find way to unlock WannaCry without ransom

EghtesadOnline: French researchers said on Friday they had found a last-chance way for technicians to save Windows files encrypted by WannaCry , racing against a deadline as the ransomware threatens to start locking up victims' computers first infected a week ago.
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Publish Date:20/May/2017 | 06:11

' WannaCry ' Cyberattack Targets Iran Hospitals

EghtesadOnline: An estimated 200 computers in Iran have been infected by a virus called ' WannaCry ', in the first reported incident by government officials after a week of thousands of computers around the world being locked by the malware.
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Publish Date:15/May/2017 | 13:14