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Info screens, ATMs etc. are easily reimaged though - no data loss. Anyway: http://baesystemsai.blogspot.se/2017/05/wanacrypt0r-ransomworm.html http://baesystem
by tjoff 9y ago
Info screens, ATMs etc. are easily reimaged though - no data loss.
Anyway: http://baesystemsai.blogspot.se/2017/05/wanacrypt0r-ransomworm.html http://baesystemsai.blogspot.se/2017/05/wanacrypt0r-ransomwo...
The initial infection vector is still unknown. Reports by some of phishing emails have been dismissed by other researchers as relevant only to a different (unrelated) ransomware campaign, called Jaff.
There is also a working theory that initial compromise may have come from SMB shares exposed to the public internet. Results from Shodan show over 1.5 million devices with port 445 open – the attacker could have infected those shares directly.
Surprisingly large amount of SMB shares exposed directly to internet, that would of course be a great starting point.
- xg15 9y ago> Info screens, ATMs etc. are easily reimaged though - no data loss. Indeed. I figure the damage in that case is more lost time and bad publicity (lots of photos showing the ransom note on public screens) > The initial infection vector is still unknown [...] SMB shares exposed to the public internet That's interesting. I wasn't aware of that but I agree, it would explain the quick spreading much better.