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NSA Tools Behind WannaCry Being Used In Even Bigger Attack Campaign

Adylkuzz is a so-called “miner” for Monero, a cryptocurrency that is similar to, but not as widely used as, bitcoin. The attack is using the NSA’s leaked EternalBlue exploit to target legacy Windows systems running a vulnerable version of the Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. The network typically pays a small fee equivalent to around $205 at current exchange rates to the attacker, which in this case would really be the attacker that installed AdylKuzz.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/nsa-tools-behind-wannacry-being-used-in-even-bigger-attack-campaign

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