Don't know if y'all have been keeping up with this, but a huge cyberattack caught everyone off guard over the last few days.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack
Luckily, we didn't get hit and are hoping to keep it that way. We're shoring up our defenses and emergency patching everything. In spite of the fact that I was in Tuscaloosa yesterday for a soccer invitational (won one, lost one, but Sadiebug scored in both games yay!), I spent practically the whole day in conference calls with our VP of ops, head of IT, various rank and file folks and various vendors like GE, AirStrip and ExcelMedical.
A 22 year old white hat accidently discovered a kill switch to stop its spread, which bought everyone some breathing room.
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/finding-kill-switch-stop-spread-ransomware-0
Microsoft took the highly unusual step of releasing an emergency patch for XP.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/wannac...s-patch-for-windows-xp-and-other-old-systems/
Everyone, be on the lookout. Don't click on any email attachments from unfamiliar sources. PATCH PATCH PATCH! Patch everything!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WannaCry_ransomware_attack
Luckily, we didn't get hit and are hoping to keep it that way. We're shoring up our defenses and emergency patching everything. In spite of the fact that I was in Tuscaloosa yesterday for a soccer invitational (won one, lost one, but Sadiebug scored in both games yay!), I spent practically the whole day in conference calls with our VP of ops, head of IT, various rank and file folks and various vendors like GE, AirStrip and ExcelMedical.
A 22 year old white hat accidently discovered a kill switch to stop its spread, which bought everyone some breathing room.
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/finding-kill-switch-stop-spread-ransomware-0
Microsoft took the highly unusual step of releasing an emergency patch for XP.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/wannac...s-patch-for-windows-xp-and-other-old-systems/
Everyone, be on the lookout. Don't click on any email attachments from unfamiliar sources. PATCH PATCH PATCH! Patch everything!