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wannacry

  1. AlphaAtlas

    WannaCry is Still Active in Hundreds of Thousands of Computers

    Citing posts by security researcher Jamie Hankins on Twitter, Bleepingcomputer reports that Wannacry ransomware is still active, but dormant, on thousands of computers across the world. Jamie Hankins reportedly contained the infection last year by setting up a "kill switch" domain in 2017. As...
  2. DooKey

    Boeing Hit by WannaCry Virus but it Caused Little Damage

    Yesterday Boeing was hit with the WannaCry virus (site detects ad blockers) and early reports said it could seriously hamper their ability to produce aircraft. However, the company has stated that little damage was done and they don't expect any production impact at this time. While it's good...
  3. R

    WannaMine - Crypto Currency Mining Malware On The Rise

    Last year, a Windows exploit developed by the NSA was leaked called EternalBlue. That exploit was then used to initiate the WannaCry and NotPetya cyberattacks. Now it seems the same EternalBlue exploit is being used to infect computers with a new strain "WannaMine." After infection, the script...
  4. Schtask

    WannaCry Theory Points To Currency Manipulation

    WannaCry ransomware delivered on its namesake a few weeks ago after being unleashed into the digital realm. Chaos ensued. Infosec professionals around the globe could be found curled up in the fetal position and dehydrated from crying out their bodily fluids as they lamented the patch policies...
  5. FrgMstr

    Wormable WannaCry Type Vulnerability for Linux & Unix with Samba

    I know we have a lot of HardOCP readers that use Linux systems at home, and if you use the Samba networking utility, now is the time to pay attention. A newly found flaw in widely used networking software leaves tens of thousands of computers potentially vulnerable to an attack similar to that...
  6. FrgMstr

    WannaCry RansomWorm Loves Windows 7

    It is very interesting to find out that almost all Windows boxes that fell to the WannaCry RansomWorm were of the 7 variety. It is also just as interesting to find out that Windows XP boxes crashed when trying to run the code, which may have been a good thing. Two-thirds of those caught up in...
  7. FrgMstr

    WannaCry RansomWare RansomWorm Analysis

    It looks as if our in-house security experts were on target when discussing this topic a couple of days ago. Our thoughts were that the subsequent variants of the WannaCry malware were not attached to the original author, as the new variants were coded very sloppily compared to the original...
  8. Zarathustra[H]

    Why don't They Just Update?

    With the massive WannaCry ransomware outbreak over the last few days, and the fact that Microsoft actually released a patch that prevents its attack vector back in March, the question many are asking is, why on earth don't organizations just update their software? It's not that difficult...
  9. FrgMstr

    WannaCry RansomWare RansomWorm

    Even though you are likely very much in the the know when it comes to the WannaCray RansomWare Rasomworm, it is worth repeating that you should make sure that your systems are patched in order to inoculate your Windows boxes. Over the weekend, Microsoft even dropped patches for older operating...
  10. Zarathustra[H]

    WannaCry Ransomware Halted by Accident

    As we reported on yesterday, there was a little bit of a ransomware making its way around the world. It turns out, one of the reasons this outbreak was not as bad as it could have been was because of a lucky accident. A security blogger who goes by the name of MalwareTech started digging into...
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