A recent investigative study by the Citizen Lab connects Russian actors to the practice of stealing, negatively altering and then releasing documents in an effort to damage the personal reputation of government officials, candidates and journalists in dozens of countries.
Whether it was the catchy nickname, the fact the malware's first impact disrupted hospital operations or that the main stream media latched onto the subject, WannaCry opened the public's eyes to the world of ransomware.
Researchers at Trend Micro found themselves the victims of a "Rickrolling" while analyzing a malware program that triggered multiple rules-based security alerts, most likely deliberately.
