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There’s no doubt that organizations are under greater threat today from cyberspace than they’ve ever been – Trend Micro alone blocked over 38 billion threats in the first half of 2017.

From a security standpoint, smart lock technologies pose more of a physical challenge than a technology challenge, suggested William Malik, vice president for infrastructure strategies at Trend Micro.

“Based on our initial analysis, Bad Rabbit spreads to other computers in the network by dropping copies of itself in the network using its original name and executing the dropped copies using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and Service Control Manager Remote Protocol. When the Service Control Manager Remote Protocol is used, it uses dictionary attacks for the credentials,” Trend Micro researchers shared.

A September 2017 survey conducted by cyber-security solutions provider Trend Micro, in conjunction with Opinium, found that most executives are not adequately prepared for GDPR, and the fallout could be significant.

“While many ransomware families like Cerber, SLocker and Locky are increasingly pinpointing their targets, they’re still distributed globally,” said Trend Micro researchers.