Computers around the world started to fall prey to a ransomware attack called WannaCry last week, before the spread of the malware was at least temporarily halted. The malware makes use of a security vulnerability in older versions of Windows that was first discovered by the US National Security Agency and later released by a […]
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Ransomware using exploit identified by NSA is wreaking global havoc
Thousands of computers around the world are falling prey to a ransomware attack called WCry, although it’s also goes by WannaCry, WanaCryptor, or several other related names. According to the BBC, there have been reports of infected computers in “more than 70 countries, including the UK, US, China, Russia, Spain, Italy, and Taiwan.” The malware locks users […]