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Security researchers are racing to analyze and contain a new form of ransomware that has begun seizing computer networks around the world, just weeks after a similar cyberattack crippled an unprecedented number of businesses and hospitals.Like the massive malware outbreak in mid-May, the new virus also spreads via a flaw in Microsoft Windows originally exposed in a leak of apparent NSA hacking tools, according to researchers.The malicious software, dubbed Petya, has battered organizations in Russia, Ukraine, Spain, France and Poland, according to cybersecurity researchers, sending law enforcement officials scrambling and sparking fears that another global ransomware attack is underway.

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  • NTT: Ransomware and extortion incidents surged by 67% in 2023
    More than 5,000 ransomware victims were detected or posted across multiple social channels up from approximately 3,000 in 2022.
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  • CISA ransomware warning program will launch this year
    So far, CISA has issued 2,049 warnings since the pilot was launched in January 2023. “The warning pilot is focused on reducing the prevalence of ransomware by using our vulnerability scanning tools to ...
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