[Unlock Ransomware 1.0] - Global Cyber Attack; 74 Countries Affected

[sumitroy]

Almost all WannaCry victims were running Windows 7
According to data released today by Kaspersky Lab, roughly 98 percent of the computers affected by the ransomware were running some version of Windows 7, with less than one in a thousand running Windows XP. 2008 R2 Server clients were also hit hard, making up just over 1 percent of infections.

 

[Sarkar]

Most probably bcoz updates are turned off in those win 7 systems.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

My department is not effect from Ransomware because my department is very poor. So Ransomwere didn't atecked :lol

 

[Sai Jai]

Ransomware Decrypted: French Researchers Find a Way to Save WannaCry Encrypted Windows Files

French researchers said on Friday they had found a last-chance way for technicians to save Windows files encrypted by WannaCry, racing against a deadline as the ransomware threatens to start locking up victims' computers first infected a week ago.

WannaCry, which started to sweep round the globe last Friday and has infected more than 300,000 computers in 150 nations, threatens to lock out victims who have not paid a sum of $300 to $600 within one week of infection.

A loose-knit team of security researchers scattered across the globe said they had collaborated to develop a workaround to unlock the encryption key for files hit in the global attack, which several independent security researchers have confirmed.
The researchers cautioned that their solution only works in certain conditions, namely if computers had not been rebooted since becoming infected and if victims applied the fix before WannaCry carried out its threat to lock their files permanently.

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[sumitroy]

There's an easy fix, but with a catch
While security firms are working on to block the ransomware once and for all, a fix called "Wanakiwi" has been developed for a specific subset of WannaCry victims using Windows XP to Windows 7. It should also be noted that the tool works on infected computers that have not been rebooted since they were hit by WannaCry.
Wanakiwi is based on French researcher Adrien Guinet's similarly named "Wannakey" tool, which removes the encryption key from the affected system's memory by injecting a decryption code to restore the encrypted data. The tool, however, works only on computers running on Windows XP.
Another French researcher Benajmin Delpy later updated Guinet's tool with Wanakiwi so the fix could support Windows 7 as well. Affected users just need to download the tool and run it on their infected machine.
Softpedia download link

 

[harshbardhan]

No updates about Wanna cry. Is the danger over?

 

[Jithin91]

Possibly another cyber attack..

British Airways (BA) computer system is down globally. backup system also have reportedly failed. BA has confirmed the failure of their systems, possibly a cyber attack.
Services are worst hit, lakhs of passengers stranded in airports across the globe..

Dozens of flights getting cancelled. Heathrow airport most affected.

*This story is Developing

 

[Sarkar]

No updates about Wanna cry. Is the danger over?

Shadow broker has promised to release more exploit tool for Windows so more attacks are coming 

 

[sandeep j]

hack my pc they only find junk from my pc???

 

[sumitroy]

WannaCry ransomware causes Honda plant shutdown in Japan
Honda halts Japan car plant after WannaCry virus hits computer network
WannaCry ransomware causes Honda plant to shut down
A month after the ransomware made headlines for locking down computers around the world, including the British healthcare system, WannaCry is back in the news as it forces a car plant to shut down in Japan.