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Cybersecurity Attacks: Analysis of “WannaCry” Attack and Proposing Methods for Reducing or Preventing Such Attacks in Future

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ICT Systems and Sustainability

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The technological revolution in the last few years has erased the communicational barriers and created a global network of users and data. At the same time, they have also made it easy for malwares and other cybersecurity threats to spread easily among users through networks. The threat of ransomwares in particularly has been risen in the last few years, with 2017 witnessing one of the most destructive ransomware attacks in the history of Internet. This attack known as the “WannaCry” has infected computers across the globe and crippled both individuals and organizations. The essay provides an analysis of this attack including its definitions, methods of infections, its impact on the society as well as discussion some important detection and prevention techniques to avoid similar attacks in future.

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  1. M.Sc. in Information Systems, School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

    Sumaiah Algarni

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    Amit Joshi

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Algarni, S. (2021). Cybersecurity Attacks: Analysis of “WannaCry” Attack and Proposing Methods for Reducing or Preventing Such Attacks in Future. In: Tuba, M., Akashe, S., Joshi, A. (eds) ICT Systems and Sustainability. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1270. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8289-9_73

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