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Firms that didnt patch and enabled local admin rights continue to suffer post cyber-attack

Malware attack crippled businesses and critical infrastructure in Ukraine at astonishing speed. The malware (variously named as Petya, NotPetya or GoldenEye by security vendors) appears to have been launched through a malicious automatic update to a popular accounting software tool called MeDoc. It didnt take long for GoldenEye to spread beyond Ukraines borders, hitting the of offices of multinational companies in the US, UK, Russia, France, Germany and elsewhere. Lax patching and local admin rights are a recipe for security disaster.”]

Source: https://businessinsights.bitdefender.com/goldeneye-ransomware-patch-businesses

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