Doctor Web’s annual virus activity review: most notable events in 2017
December 29, 2017
Information security specialists will remember this year for several mass epidemics caused by encryption worms WannaCry and NePetya. 2017 is also marked by a growth in an amount of malicious programs for “smart” Linux devices. Cybercriminals still have an insatiable interest in mobile devices running Google Android. Read about these and other events of 2017 in the detailed annual Doctor Web virus activity review.
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