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New survey shows consumer opinion of Microsoft following WannaCry attack

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Mon, 29 May 2017 02:26:01 +0000

A new survey has shown consumers' perception of Microsoft following the recent WannaCry ransomware attack. Despite growing concerns, most users aren't shying away from the company's products. Read more...

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...

WannaCry decryption tools released, but it's not good news for everyone

Florin Bodnarescu — Fri, 19 May 2017 23:58:01 +0000

A flaw in the way WannaCry operates has allowed a couple of researchers to create decryptors for those affected by the ransomware. That said, these solutions only work for some versions of Windows. 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...

Microsoft says stockpiling of hacking tools by governments partly to blame for recent attack

Paul Hill — Sun, 14 May 2017 23:02:01 +0000

Microsoft's Brad Smith has reiterated the need for a Digital Geneva Convention, in light of the recent attacks. He also blamed government vulnerability stockpiles as partly responsible for the attack. Read more...