Nick Savvides, Security Advocate at Symantec Asia Pacific and Japan When did WannaCry appear and how quickly did it spread? WannaCry first appeared on Friday, May 12. Symantec saw a dramatic upsurge in the number of attempts to exploit the…
WannaCry/Wcry Ransomware: How to Defend against It
WannaCry/Wcry Ransomware: How to Defend against It An unprecedented wave of ransomware infections is hitting organizations in all industries around the world. The culprit: the WannaCry/WCry ransomware (detected by Trend Micro as RANSOM_WANA.A and RANSOM_WCRY.I). Trend Micro has been tracking WannaCry since its emergence…