Beware Your Self | Dont Open unknown attachements | Get backup your valueble data
Ransomware attacks dubbed as “WannaCry” started to spread around the
world on the 12th May 2017. In these attacks, data is encrypted
with the extension “.WCRY” added to the file names. According to the
reports, this attack initiated through an SMBv2 remote code execution
vulnerability in Microsoft Windows code-named “EternalBlue”. The exploit
“EternalBlue” has been made available on the internet
through the Shadowbrokers dump on 14th April 2017.
Affected Versions
- Windows XP
- Windows Vista (all editions)
- Windows Server 2008 (all editions)
- Windows 7 (all editions)
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (all editions)
- Windows 8.1 (all editions)
- Windows RT 8.1 (all editions)
- Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (all editions)
- Windows 10 (all editions)
- Windows Server 2016 (all editions)
- Some of the obsolete Microsoft Operating Systems are also vulnerable (Patches available through Microsoft Custom Support)
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