Dealing with Wannacry Ransomeware       
By: Kartikeya Semwal

Countries all over the world got a shock in May 2017 when an unknown group of hackers attacked computers all over the world with a worm called “Wannacry Ransomeware”. It is a crypto worm that attacks computers running on Microsoft Operating System, by encrypting the data present in the computers and locks them, asking for password to unlock it. The password is present with the hackers only, who then demand money in ransome in Bitcoins in exchange of providing password to unlock the computer.

This cyber-attack took place from 12 to 15 May 2017 and infected 3,00,000 computers and 2,00,000 people across 100 countries. Its impact was huge as most of the people were using various new versions of Windows such as 7, 8.1, 10, Windows Servers 2008, 2012, 2016 and Windows Vista. “Wannacry Ransomeware” used the computers’ ‘Eternal Vulnerability’ to spread itself.  

Surprisingly, those people using older versions of Microsoft Windows such as Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 had very less effect of this ransomeware. This means that those two Windows had some kind of resistance in them against the ransomeware, which needs to be identified and rediscovered so that it can be used to make an anti-crypto wormware.
There is one more thing that can be done to prevent this kind of crypto-worm and that is- to not open any kind of suspicious or unknown page or e-mail; and prevent anyone from getting access to your computer. This can also be done by blocking the URL that carries the wormware, from dispatching its payload on the targeted computers. You can also download latest security patches released by Microsoft for all its Windows versions. Also keep your anti-virus up to date by upgrading it every month. 

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