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Microsoft Issues WanaCrypt Patch for Windows 8, XP

May 13, 2017 admin microsoft, Other, Phillip Misner, Wana Decryptor, Wanna Decryptor, Wanna.Cry ransomware, Windows XP

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 13:00:06 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today took the unusual step of issuing security updates to address flaws in older, unsupported versions of Windows — including Windows XP and Windows 8. The move is a bid to slow the spread of the WanaCrypt ransomware strain that infected tens of thousands of Windows computers virtually overnight this week.

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U.K. Hospitals Hit in Widespread Ransomware Attack

May 12, 2017 admin AVAST!, Bleeping Computer, Jakub Kroustek, Lawrence Abrams, National Health Service, Other, Telefonica, Wanna Decryptor, WannaCry

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 16:54:01 +0000

At least 16 hospitals in the United Kingdom are being forced to divert emergency patients today after computer systems there were infected with ransomware, a type of malicious software that encrypts a victim’s documents, images, music and other files unless the victim pays for a key to unlock them. It remains unclear exactly how this ransomware strain is being disseminated and why it appears to have spread so quickly, but there are indications the malware may be spreading to vulnerable systems through a security hole in Windows that was recently patched by Microsoft.