A closer look at cyber attacks 3.0 (WannaCry video reviews)

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The WannaCry global attack , which has affected over 200,000 computers in at least 150 countries in the past two weeks, marks a significant milestone in cyber crime history. In turn, enterprises and organizations of all types learned about the need for effective information security tools to prevent the compromise of their business reputation, image and financial damage.

Modern attacks have become more complex and professional than ever before, and their number and dynamics have become so impressive that it is extremely important to protect against new models of malicious behavior. Visibility is the key to achieving a more privileged position in self-defense against the new generation of cyber attacks 3.0. Now companies are divided into those who have suffered from cyber attacks and know about it, and those who have already suffered, but they still do not know about it. Sometimes it seems that unusual behavior is associated with some kind of system malfunction, although in fact, it is a consequence of a cyber attack.

Despite the fact that the global cyber attack WannaCry has already been comprehensively consecrated and sorted out in almost all the media, nevertheless, we at Panda Security decided to provide a couple of video reviews that will help you understand how WannaCry works and how to protect it. enterprise with the help of Adaptive Defense .

This video shows how WannaCry searches for its victims and launches an attack if a vulnerable computer is found:



In this video, we launched #WannaCry on a Windows 7 computer without the corresponding patch installed. On the victim’s computer is Adaptive Defense in the extended Lock protection mode, which does not have an Internet connection and has not been updated since May 11, 2017 (i.e., the day before the start of the global attack). What will happen in this case?



It is possible that we will still see many new attacks that exploit a vulnerability in the operating system that is run by EternalBlue, but with the help of other malicious programs.

Going from WannaCry to WannaSaveU is quite simple, that's what was discussed at the webinar , and how to protect the enterprise with a solution like Adaptive Defense , which provides advanced protection against unknown threats.

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