The global explosion of WannaCry ransomware has caused major disasters over the weekend after it has managed to infect thousands of computers. Security experts expect these figures to rise sharply today Monday when the world returns to its jobs.
And while Microsoft says that updated systems are not at risk from WannaCry, there are actually far too many systems still running without support like Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 8.
Microsoft has already released an emergency update for these systems, but it will clearly take some time until everyone upgrades his system.
Σύμφωνα με στοιχεία από το NetMarketShare, τουλάχιστον το 9.3% των συστημάτων των Windows, τρέχουν μη υποστηριζόμενα λειτουργικά συστήματα (Windows XP, Windows Vista και Windows 8), χωρίς να υπολογίζονται ο Windows Server 2003.
Windows XP is currently the third most popular operating system in the world with a share of 7,04%, although it was released almost 16 years ago.
Updating is the only way to stay safe, and Microsoft invites all stakeholders to install the latest patches to make sure they are not in danger of WannaCry.
"As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, there's no way to protect our customers unless they update their systems. Otherwise, they'll have the problems they have today with tools από το παρελθόν. Αυτή η επίθεση είναι μια ισχυρή υπενθύμιση ότι τα βασικά στοιχεία της τεχνολογίας της πληροφορικής, όπως η διατήρηση της τρέχουσας και της επιδιόρθωσης υπολογιστών, αποτελούν μεγάλη ευθύνη για όλους και είναι κάτι που πρέπει να υποστηρίζει κάθε ανώτατο στέλεχος ", αναφέρει ο Brad Smith της Microsoft.
Naturally, all those who run supported versions of Windows get to update their system through Windows Update. It remains to be seen how WannaCry's infection rates will develop.
We should also point out that WannaCry is for Microsoft a very big gift. Caused by the ransomware-worm n company μπορεί να απαιτήσει πολύ "κομψά" την αναβάθμιση παλαιοτέρων συστημάτων...
