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Cybercrime tactics and techniques Q2 2017

If ransomware weren’t big enough news already, it went global in Q2 with the WannaCry outbreak that rapidly spread around the world. Although not as sophisticated as its ransomware counterparts, it had an unusual distribution method. WannaCry didn’t come via spam or drive-by downloads as one would expect, but instead was propagated via vulnerability in the SMBv1 protocol for which exploits had recently been leaked.

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Cybercrime tactics and techniques Q2 2017