What We Learned from WannaCry

Josh Zelonis is irritated. The senior analyst at Forrester Research got more frustrated every day that he read coverage of WannaCry, the ransomware strain that ravaged the Internet last month. Much of the public conversation focused on the NSA, arguing that it shouldn’t have let hackers (a mysterious group called the ShadowBrokers) steal its treasure […]

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If Vendors Won’t Patch Their Software, This Firm Will

What happens if you’re a vendor that’s slow to patch a known flaw? It’s possible that someone else may step in and do it for you. That’s what has been happening for the past few months with products from vendors such as Adobe and Microsoft. Most recently, Slovenian security consulting firm Acros Security stepped in […]

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