[URGENT ALERT] Defend Against This Ransomware WMD NOW
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Ransomware Attack Uses NSA 0-Day Exploits To Go On Worldwide Rampage
Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at the Helsinki-based cybersecurity
company F-Secure, called the attack "the biggest ransomware outbreak in
history." This is a cyber pandemic caused by a ransomware weapon of mass
destruction.FedEx Corp, Renault, Russian banks, gas stations in China, and Spanish
telecommunications firm Telefonica which reported 85% of their systems being
down as a result of a cyberattack earlier today, and ironically the Russian
Interior ministry has 1,000 machines encrypted. Even the German Railways
were infected.Dozens of hospitals in the UK were shut down. Cybersecurity experts have long
used the phrase "where bits and bytes meet flesh and blood," which signifies
a cyberattack in which someone is physically harmed.SUMMARY:
Yet unknown cyber criminals have taken an NSA 0-day threat and weaponized a
ransomware strain so that it replicates like a worm and takes over the whole
network using the SMB protocol. There is a 2-month old MS patch that needs to
be applied urgently if you have not done that already.I suggest you immediately look into this and patch your systems before your
users fall for this phishing attack. Here is a blog post with all the
updated details, links to patches, background, workarounds if you cannot patch,
and the blog post is being updated close to real-time:https://blog.knowbe4.com/ransomware-attack-uses-nsa-0-day-exploits-to-go-on-worldwide-rampage
On the same page is an option to download a no-charge tool to check if your
endpoint security software protects you against ransomware infections, the
tool is called 'RanSim'.This is a bad one. Let's stay safe out there.
Warm regards,
Stu Sjouwerman,
Founder and CEO, KnowBe4, Inc. -
@stus This continued to affect systems across the world all weekend long.
Another article with ongoing details:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/05/15/nhs-cyber-attack-latest-authorities-warn-day-chaos-ransomware/Do your updates gentlepeoples.
Has anyone been affected you know of? Make sure them backups are in order!
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@guyinpv said in [URGENT ALERT] Defend Against This Ransomware WMD NOW:
Has anyone been affected you know of? Make sure them backups are in order!
No one personally or directly. But loads of people on SW.
