Outrageous Rise in Global Ransomware Attacks

摘要

The WannaCry and Petya ransomware crippled an unprecedented number of computers from across the globe. The Internet of Things (loT) botnet Persirai infected thousands of exposed webcams. Business email compromise (BEC) attempts are continuing to be made by fraudsters. Over a billion email accounts have been leaked from the database of the spam operator River City Media. These are but a handful of the high-profile stories that made headlines in the world of cyber security in the first half of 2017.