Global Cyberattack: What We Know and Don’t Know

Global Cyberattack: What We Know and Don’t Know
• ESET and several other cybersecurity companies have identified at least one other exploit used in the attack known as PsExec, which takes advantage of a single computer
that has not been updated with the latest software in a network to spread infections by looking for — and using — administrative credentials.
• Several private companies have confirmed that they were hit by the attack, including the American pharmaceutical giant Merck, the Danish shipping company AP Moller-Maersk, the British advertising firm WPP, the French multinational Saint-Gobain
and the Russian steel, mining and oil companies Evraz and Rosneft.
By SHEERA FRENKELJUNE 27, 2017
A quickly spreading ransomware attack is hitting countries across the world including France, Russia, Spain, Ukraine
and the United States, just weeks after a ransomware attack known as WannaCry.
• Symantec, a Silicon Valley cybersecurity firm, confirmed
that the ransomware was infecting computers through at least one exploit, or vulnerability to computer systems, known as Eternal Blue.