www.AmericanSecurityToday.com May 2020 - Edition 44
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(Tens of thousands of organizations were caught out by a computer virus called WannaCry. The
malicious software locks data away and demands a payment of up to $300 (£230) a time before
it will restore scrambled files. In the UK, many hospitals fell victim and some health organizations
diverted ambulances and canceled non-essential services as they sought to contain and clean
up the infection. Infections in more than 99 nations were reported by security firms. Courtesy of
BBC News and YouTube. Posted on May 13, 2017.)
Making devices more powerful creates
a more appealing target for attackers.
Software virtualization
5G technologies replace hardware
appliances with virtualizing software
for high-level network functions.
This software performs functions
based on common Internet protocol
languages and operating systems.
Since functionality isn’t physically
restricted by hardware, it is more
remotely accessible to attackers.
This opens security concerns that
were not previously present and
which many security solutions aren’t
prepared for.
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