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Down But Not Out, WannaCry Malware Continues to Infect

2018 as a year of ransomware continued where 2017 left off, this is mostly due to the stubbornness of system administrators not applying the updates on time. WannaCry in itself was heavily relying on the use of the vulnerable SMB version 1 protocol in Windows that was already patched by Microsoft many months before the vulnerability was weaponized. Microsoft requires reassessing the need of an extensive debugging team, instead of relying on regular users on their beta testing program to capture all the bugs. The key role for anyone that manages computer system is not to suppress updates. The time used for updating is the time that cannot be used for productive purposes within an organization.”]

Source: https://hackercombat.com/down-but-not-out-wannacry-malware-continues-to-infect-unpatched-windows-pcs/

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