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Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 20:11:28 +0000

A decryptor (Wanakiwi) that has been developed for WannaCry/WannaCrypt/wCrypt. There is a catch though, it only works for some operating systems.

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Tags: Anti-Ransomware decryptor malware ransomware Wana Decrptor WanaCrypt0r WanaKiwi WannaCry WannaCrypt WannaCryptor Wannakey WCrypt

Security Wired

May 19, 2017 admin

Hackers Are Trying to Reignite WannaCry With Non-Stop Botnet Attacks

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 17:05:33 +0000

The “sinkhole” domain that’s held the ransomware in check is coming under repeated denial-of-service attacks. The post Hackers Are Trying to Reignite WannaCry With Non-Stop Botnet Attacks appeared first on WIRED.

Security Wired

May 19, 2017 admin

A WannaCry Flaw Could Help Some Victims Get Files Back

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 19:28:11 +0000

A French researcher says he’s found a tool that could help some fraction of victims running that older Windows version. Just don’t reboot! The post A WannaCry Flaw Could Help Some Victims Get Files Back appeared first on WIRED.

Security Sophos

May 19, 2017 admin

WannaCry: how the attack happened

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 15:52:45 +0000

Delving deeper into WannaCry, Sophos CTO Joe Levy dissects the outbreak and gives his technical tips on what to do now.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=34403&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/qE9g5L3SHPg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

MalwareBytes Security

May 19, 2017 admin

How did the WannaCry Ransomworm spread?

Credit to Author: Adam McNeil| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 14:00:45 +0000

Security researchers have had a busy week since the WannaCry ransomware outbreak that wreaked havoc on computers worldwide. How did it all happen?

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Tags: botnet DoublePulsar EternalBlue exploit Jaff ransomware malspam malware Necurs botnet NSA ransomware ShadowBrokers spam WannaCry WannaCrypt

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The post How did the WannaCry Ransomworm spread? appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Security Wired

May 19, 2017 admin

A WannaCry Flaw Could Help Some Windows XP Victims Get Files Back

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 19:28:11 +0000

A French researcher says he’s found a tool that could help some fraction of victims running that older Windows version. Just don’t reboot! The post A WannaCry Flaw Could Help Some Windows XP Victims Get Files Back appeared first on WIRED.

Security Wired

May 18, 2017 admin

High-Profile Extortion Hacks Aren’t Paying Off

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 16:30:46 +0000

Hacking big companies and small tends to work—until the hack goes public. The post High-Profile Extortion Hacks Aren’t Paying Off appeared first on WIRED.

Security TrendMicro

May 18, 2017 admin

Protecting Your Small Business From WannaCry

Credit to Author: Ryan Delany| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 13:12:09 +0000

May 12, 2017 saw the world’s first ever worm-based ransomware attack, WannaCry. Typically ransomware spreads via email as spam and phishing attacks, and relies on human intervention to initiate the infection. However, WannaCry is different in that it combines ransomware with a recently published vulnerability that was stolen from the NSA by The Shadow Brokers…