Storm Advancing: Security Weathermen Forecast the Advanced Threat Landscape
Golan Ben-Oni CSO, IDT Corporation Original Article: https://www.rsaconference.com/speakers/golan-ben-oni
Cyberattack Hits Ukraine Then Spreads Internationally – New York Times
Like the WannaCry attacks in May, the latest global hacking took control of computers and demanded digital ransom from their owners to regain access. The new attack used the same National Security Agency hacking tool, Eternal Blue, that was used in the WannaCry episode, as well as two other methods to promote its spread, according to researchers at the computer security company Symantec.
The National Security Agency has not acknowledged its tools were used in WannaCry or other attacks. But computer security specialists are demanding that the agency help the rest of the world defend against the weapons it created.
A Cyberattack ‘the World Isn’t Ready For’
NEWARK — There have been times over the last two months when Golan Ben-Oni has felt like a voice in the wilderness.
On April 29, someone hit his employer, IDT Corporation, with two cyberweapons that had been stolen from the National Security Agency. Mr. Ben-Oni, the global chief information officer at IDT, was able to fend them off, but the attack left him distraught.