Learning from WannaCry and now 250 million PCs infected - Long-Term Implications - Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

The massive attack known as WannaCry struck over 900,000 computers worldwide, completely locking victims out of their PCs. The security firm Check Point has warned of a massive new outbreak: They count 250 million PCs infected with malicious code they've called Fireball, designed to hijack browsers to change the default search engine, and track their web traffic on behalf of a Beijing-based digital marketing firm called Rafotech. But more disturbingly, Check Point says it found that the malware also has the ability to remotely run any code on the victim's machine, or download new malicious files. It's potentially serious malware. What are the lessons we've learned from Wannacry and other similar attacks? What is the best defense against ransomware? In this session, Ulf Mattsson, CTO of Atlantic BT will lay out common sense steps that organizations should take today to better protect themselves, as well as strategic security principles to guide you going forward.