Assignment on CYBER SECURITY: WannaCry Attack

Running head: CYBER SECURITY
CYBER SECURITY: WannaCry Attack
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Executive Summary:
The cyber security is needed for prevention of the Ransomeware attack. Various malicious
attack has been happened in the cyber world. The following report has been created with the
analysis of Ransomeware attack. WannaCry is one of the famous real life attack which is
happened in the year 2017. WannaCry explanation has been added in the report also.

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Table of Contents
Executive Summary:..................................................................................................................1
Introduction:...............................................................................................................................3
Disscussion.................................................................................................................................3
 Malware Types:...............................................................................................................3
 WannaCry attack.............................................................................................................7
Conclusion:................................................................................................................................9
Referencing:.............................................................................................................................11

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Introduction:
Cybersecurity is needed to stop the unauthorized activity on any computer. The
personal to the professional point of view cybersecurity is must be needed. The networks and
the information can be hacked by the hacker, to prevent this kind of situation the
cybersecurity is needed. Secrecy and fidelity removing the malware and preventing it is the
main motto of cyber security. Ransomeware is one type of the malware attack which will be
attacked by the hacker. After attacking the victim, the personal computer will be blocked
through software which will be opened by the decryption key, provided by the hacker
(Mohurle and Patil., 2017). The hacker will ask a considerable amount of money for the
decryption key. In various cases of the malware attack, the attacker will give the time limit
for the money transfer. If the required amount of money is not paid, then the hacker will
misuse the sensitive data or remove the data. The aim of the report is to give a brief
description of the several types of malware attacks. The other portion of the report will
contain a real-life example of the malware attack, which has been hugely affecting a specific
organization (Bossert 2017).
Disscussion
 Malware Types:
The 5 pioneer Categories of Ransom Ware persisting in the market are subcategorized as
follows:
1. The deadly category of ransomware that seems to be traditional in the order of
chronology, gaining supremacy in terms of phishing activities, is none other than
Cryptolocker botnet. This made entrain in the cosmopolitan market in the year of
2013 when the region of interest of the cyber predators was to gain unauthorized
access over the restricted property of the organizations in lieu of enormous ransom