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It has been several years since WannaCry, but absolutely nothing guarantees that another such vulnerability does not surface.
by i_am_proteus 4y ago
It has been several years since WannaCry, but absolutely nothing guarantees that another such vulnerability does not surface.
- Silhouette 4y agoRansomware, like the old data trashing viruses of the past, is trivially defeated by having backups.
- i_am_proteus 4y agoRead up on the mechanism by which WannaCry spread and report back.
- Silhouette 4y agoYou mean EternalBlue? How exactly is a remote attacker going to use a vulnerability in a local networking protocol to attack a typical home user's PC? First you need a way into their network where you can even see the PC to attack. If you have that then you're already dangerous. As I said before this kind of vulnerability is still a concern. Obviously it's a much greater concern if you're talking about something like a laptop that might be connected to an untrusted network, which would be crazy with an unsupported or unpatched OS. But for a home user who stays on their own network it's probably quite a long way down the list of things to be worried about.
- 7speter 4y agoWe also dont know if some bad actor has already found that vulnerability and are building/already built and exploit.