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WannaCry is a ransomware cryptoworm, which targets computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting (locking) data and demanding ransom payments in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. The worm is also known as WannaCrypt, [ 9 ] Wana Decrypt0r 2.0, [ 10 ] WanaCrypt0r 2.0, [ 11 ] and Wanna Decryptor. [ 12 ]
Hutchins had become aware of WannaCry the afternoon of 12 May, and though he had been on vacation, he began reverse engineering the code from his bedroom. He discovered that the malware was tied to an odd-looking domain name , suggesting the malware would be part of a command-and-control structure common to botnets, but to his surprise, the ...
Marcus Hutchins' efforts to stop the spread of WannaCry malware just helped him avoid prison time. Judge JP Stadtmueller has sentenced Hutchins to a year of supervised release after he pleaded ...
The attack is rooted in game theory and was originally dubbed "non-zero sum games and survivable malware". The attack can yield monetary gain in cases where the malware acquires access to information that may damage the victim user or organization, e.g., the reputational damage that could result from publishing proof that the attack itself was ...
EternalBlue [5] is a computer exploit software developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). [6] It is based on a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that allowed users to gain access to any number of computers connected to a network.
'Nervous System,' which approaches data privacy and cybersecurity issues from the context of history, tells the story of a 1989 ransomware attack that came from a floppy disk.
In August 2017, British security researcher Marcus Hutchins (aka 'MalwareTech'), previously notable for his involvement stopping the May 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack, [5] was arrested by the FBI whilst visiting the United States. [6] He was alleged to have created the software in 2014, and to have sold it in 2015 via the AlphaBay forums.
There are suggestions that it was designed to target Iranian nuclear facilities. [66] It uses a valid certificate from Realtek. [67] September 9: The virus, called "here you have" or "VBMania", is a simple Trojan horse that arrives in the inbox with the odd-but-suggestive subject line "here you have". The body reads "This is The Document I told ...