Security News > 2017 > May > WannaCry Ransomware: It’s Not Over, Better Get Prepared for Next Wave of Attacks (The Hackers News)
2017-05-13 13:28
If you are following the news, by now you might be aware that a security researcher has activated a "Kill Switch" to stop WannaCry ransomware from spreading further, which has already infected over 170,000 computers across 99 countries worldwide only in past two days. For those unaware, WannaCry is an insanely fast-spreading ransomware malware that leverages a Windows SMB exploit to target a
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