As we said in our previous article today ( here ), we probably live the biggest attack ransomware of the global internet history. Hackers exploiting weaknesses in the Microsoft system (exploit) leaked by the NSA have unleashed an unprecedented attack on organizations, hospitals and companies across the globe.
The way the worm works (this is how it looks like) has not been commented yet.
Attackers to infect computers with WannaCry use one exploit windows which was kissed by the tool EternalBlue of the NSA. Microsoft has already released an update for this vulnerability, but many users and organizations did not bother to update their systems.
The malicious software infects a computer by exploiting an SMB file sharing vulnerability. Older versions of Windows are more affected by this, especially since Microsoft no longer supports Windows XP or Windows (server) 2003.
What can you do to protect yourself from this universal-world attack?
What everyone should do right now is:
- To do it last update Microsoft patch that it will find here (For this attack Microsoft has released a patch for Windows XP).
- Do not open any e-mail from an unknown recipient that refers you to a url address.
- Have an antivirus program installed and kept up to date.
- Also watch streaming movies and rows from your computer and the sites that refer to you while trying to open the file.
- It is best to avoid torrents for these days at least. If you can not without them scan your files before you open them with some reliable protection software.
Also earlier today, Microsoft released an update for Microsoft Windows Defender. Use…
