Cyberattack details
5 pct of the infected computers in cyberattack are in India and increasing fast.
The malware, Wanna Cry, uses an exploit named EternalBlue to infect computers running versions of Windows operating systems.
Wanna Cry works by encrypting all the data on a computer system by changing file extension names to '.WNCRY'. The malware then displays a window informing users that their files have been encrypted and that they can be recovered in lieu of a payment made in bitcoin. The window is accompanied by two timers - one counting down to a certain time after which the ransom amount will be raised while the other warns of the time after which users' files will be gone for good.
Interestingly, Microsoft released a patch for the EternalBlue exploit just a few weeks before Shadow Brokers made the NSA-developed vulnerability's existence public. However, it is possible that several computers around the world, most likely including the ones targeted in yesterday's cyberattack, had failed to update their systems with the Microsoft patch.
Responding to Friday's cyberattack, Reuters reported Microsoft saying that it was pushing out automatic updates to defend Windows systems from the Wanna Cry attack.
"Today our engineers added detection and protection against new malicious software known as Ransom:Win32.WannaCrypt," a Microsoft spokesman said in a statement. more
Wanna Cry works by encrypting all the data on a computer system by changing file extension names to '.WNCRY'. The malware then displays a window informing users that their files have been encrypted and that they can be recovered in lieu of a payment made in bitcoin. The window is accompanied by two timers - one counting down to a certain time after which the ransom amount will be raised while the other warns of the time after which users' files will be gone for good.
Interestingly, Microsoft released a patch for the EternalBlue exploit just a few weeks before Shadow Brokers made the NSA-developed vulnerability's existence public. However, it is possible that several computers around the world, most likely including the ones targeted in yesterday's cyberattack, had failed to update their systems with the Microsoft patch.
Responding to Friday's cyberattack, Reuters reported Microsoft saying that it was pushing out automatic updates to defend Windows systems from the Wanna Cry attack.
"Today our engineers added detection and protection against new malicious software known as Ransom:Win32.WannaCrypt," a Microsoft spokesman said in a statement. more
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I am also, facing problem with facebook, I am getting huge flow of sexual advertises in my page. Even after so many compaints it is not removed or blocked by customer care. more
May 15
I saw a big flaw in fb. Some page of your liking are shown for you to like it. That is clue for them to post all junk and unwanted news to your surprise. We do not know how to block the automatic stored content. Funny isn't it. more
May 13
Good and evil are two sides of the same coin.We have to live with both. At times, evil will supersede good; at times good will supersede evil. This type of malware is very much prevalent in the UK also where I was hit by it in2013 and it demanded GBP 40 for unlocking my laptop. I declined .I went to the police. They expressed helplessness. I got the system unlocked by paying GBP 40 to a computer technician. Evil exists because of sharp inequalities in the society. The least privileged and the downtrodden are then compelled to resort to illegal shortcuts for their survival. I do not think we will ever have a society free of all evil activities. more
May 13
