Security News > 2017 > May > A Windows XP bug makes it possible to recover files encrypted by WannaCry (Help Net Security)
2017-05-19 17:03
In an unusual turn of events, a Windows bug has been found to work in favor of victims instead of attackers, allowing WannaCry victims that run Windows XP to decrypt the files encrypted by the ransomware. The fact was discovered by Adrien Guinet, a researcher with security firm QuarksLab, who also created software that should help victims to recover the prime numbers of the RSA private key used by WannaCry. But the software works only … More →
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