WannaCry one year after: still nagging on the web?

It's been a year since the WannaCry ransomware's big attack that caused damage to over 230.000 computers. Το κακόβουλο πρόγραμμα εξαπλώθηκε τόσο γρήγορα, επειδή η ομάδα ανάπτυξης είχε συνδυάσει το ransomware με το , a tool leaked from the NSA's "hacking arsenal." EternalBlue allowed WannaCry to use worm-like capabilities to install itself on vulnerable Windows systems.

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Initially many believed that WannaCry was spread by email, but the ransomware did not require any interaction between its victims. With the EternalBlue and a leaked tool from the NSA DoublePulsar), το worm αναζητούσε ευάλωτες θύρες , για να εισέλθει στα ευπαθή συστήματα.

Once SMB exploits were discovered, they were used not only to spread WannaCry to a single computer, but also to spread it to all computers on the same computer. .

Spanish mobile operator Telefónica was one of the first major companies to report από το WannaCry, ενώ μέχρι το απόγευμα της 12ης Μαΐου, το NHS του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου ανέφερε προβλήματα, σε νοσοκομεία, ιατρικές χειρουργικές επεμβάσεις σε ολόκληρη τη χώρα, αλλά και σε χιλιάδες that existed online.

Renault's French automaker Renault and the German Deutsche Bahn railway company have also been on the list of high-profile victims in Europe, while some Russian ministries and companies in the country have not escaped the disaster.

The attackers demanded $300 from a specific address and threatened to double the ransom if it was not paid within three days. If the victim did not pay within a week, they would be deleted their.
Naturally security researchers and governments do not propose to pay a ransom. But who can replace the lost data? The controversy, of course, came from researchers who they discovered that even if ransom was paid, encryption of ransomware did not allow decryption of files.

But what did this story tell us? Before the evil started, everything was calm as it is today. Friends chatted on Facebook, trolls raced on Twitter, and others were looking for a good movie for the night.
Among them, and among us there are many who have not kept a backup of their system. Or others kept it, but have it on a portable drive, permanently connected to their computer. Mention the carefree people who bought (or broke) a super duper antivirus…
Yes, they are the same people who, after the "unfortunate" moment, desperately seek help, in chats, and from the technicians of the company or the neighborhood.

What did you learn from history?

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