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

The global attack of WannaCry , which has affected more than 200,000 computers in at least 150 countries, has become a significant milestone in the history of cyber crimes. In turn, enterprises and organizations of all types learned about the need for effective information security tools to prevent compromising their business reputation, image and financial damage.

Modern attacks have become more complex and professional than ever before, and their number and dynamics of development have become so impressive that it is extremely important to protect against new patterns of malicious behavior. Visibility is the key to achieving a more privileged position in matters of self-defense against the new generation of cyber attacks 3.0. Now companies are divided into those who 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 system malfunctions, although in fact it is a consequence of a cyber attack.
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Despite the fact that WannaCry’s global cyber attack has already been comprehensively consecrated and scrutinized in virtually all media outlets, nevertheless, at Panda Security we decided to provide a couple of video reviews that will help you understand how WannaCry works and how you can protect Enterprise with Adaptive Defense .

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



In this video, we launched #WannaCry on a computer with Windows 7 without the corresponding patch installed. The victim’s computer is equipped with Adaptive Defense in the Lock Advanced protection mode, which has no Internet connection and has not been updated since May 11, 2017 (that is, the day before the global attack begins). What happens in this case?



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

It is quite simple to go from WannaCry to WannaSaveU, this is what was discussed at the webinar , as well as how to protect the enterprise with a solution such as Adaptive Defense , which provides advanced protection options against unknown threats.