Neowin News Feed for: Wanna

New report indicates almost all WannaCry victims were on Windows 7; XP count 'insignificant'

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sat, 20 May 2017 01:50:02 +0000

A new report from Russian cyber security company Kaspersky Lab has revealed that almost the entirety of WannaCry's victims were on Windows 7, with Windows XP users being insignificant in number. Read more...

Hacker group that published the Wannacry exploit threaten release of more tools in June

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 17 May 2017 08:14:01 +0000

Shadow Brokers, the hacker group that back in April published the EternalBlue exploit used to create the Wannacry ransomware, are now threatening to release even more tools this June. Read more...

'Wannacry' ransomware evolves to combat kill-switch

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sun, 14 May 2017 22:06:01 +0000

The highly infectious ransomware known as 'Wannacry', which has infected thousands of computers across the world, has evolved to combat a temporary solution discovered by researchers. Read more...

Massive ransomware attack hits over 70 countries, possibly derived from NSA tech

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Fri, 12 May 2017 21:38:01 +0000

A new ransomware called Wannacry/Wanna has affected over 57,000 computers in over 70 countries. The attack has hampered organisations across the world and encrypts all files pending a ransom payment. Read more...