UK’s National Cyber Security Center has issued emergency guidance following the WannaCry ransomware outbreak. Don’t block the nonsense domain referenced by the malware used as a check for whether it was installed on a legitimate endpoint, experts warn. More than 200,000 endpoints had been infected worldwide by the ransomware, across at least 150 countries. The main targets of the ransomware appear to be in Russia, Ukraine and Taiwan, but the ransomware includes localized translations in 28 languages – from Bulgarian to Vietnamese. The UK’s national public health service, the NHS, to Spanish telecommunications firm Telefonica, to shipping giant Fedex.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/5-emergency-mitigation-strategies-to-combat-wannacry-outbreak-a-9914