On Friday 12th May, organizations across the world were hit by a massive ransomware attack, named WannaCry, which exploited a (now patched) Microsoft Windows vulnerability revealed in the Shadowbrokers dump on March 14. Kaspersky Lab researchers have continued to track the evolution of the threat over the weekend. Evolution of the ransomware The total number… Continue reading Kaspersky Lab: WannaCry threat update, Monday morning, 15th May
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Kaspersky Lab’s statement on possible connections between WannaCry and Lazarus Group
On Monday, May 15, a security researcher from Google posted an artifact on Twitter potentially pointing at a connection between the WannaCry ransomware attacks that recently hit thousands of organizations and private users around the world, and the malware attributed to the infamous Lazarus hacking group, responsible for a series of devastating attacks against government… Continue reading Kaspersky Lab’s statement on possible connections between WannaCry and Lazarus Group