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Wanna. Cry ransomware a wake- up call for our vulnerabilities. Now Playing: Watch this. Why the Wanna. Cry cyberattack is so bad, and so avoidable. When ransomware strikes, you're locked out of your computer - - and you have to pay to get in.
Schöning/Ullstein Bild via Getty Images. Because we needed something else to keep us up at night. Wanna. Cry is no scary movie but a nasty piece of ransomware that locks up your computer and holds it hostage until you pay the hackers. Ransomware isn't new, but the difference with this one is scale: As of Sunday, more than 2. You can actually watch a real- time map of affected computers.)That's scary enough.
But what's really chilling is that we have no idea when this will all end. The speed and reach of Wanna.
Cry, as well as its ability to evolve, are yet more examples of the new age of cyberterrorism we live in. It's one in which hackers can influence the US election, pilfer your personal information or hold up critical life- saving systems in hospitals. And because of our dependence on tech, there are no easy solutions. The Wanna. Cry ransomware outbreak is a wake- up call for the world," said Andreas Kuehlmann, senior vice president of the software integrity group at software maker Synopsys.
It highlights not only our interconnectedness and deep- seated dependence on technology, but the massive challenge we face in securing the ecosystem of software and systems we rely on."With new cases cropping up over the weekend in China and Japan, following the first wave in the UK and elsewhere on Friday, it's no wonder millions of people walked into their offices wondering if they too were victims of Wanna. Cry. Or worse: What if this outbreak evolves into something even more dangerous and widespread? Wanna. Cry has already shown its ability to change. An analyst from Malware. Tech on Friday stumbled on a way to halt the initial attack, unwittingly activating a kill switch.
By Monday, however, hackers had changed the code so that kill switch no longer worked. Genesis of Wanna. Cry. Wanna. Cry, also known as Wana. Crypt. 0r 2. 0, is able to get into Microsoft Windows systems by exploiting a vulnerability called Eternal. Muppet Show Episodes Online. Blue, which was first discovered by the NSA and then, in April, leaked by the hacker group Shadow Brokers. The updated version that debuted Monday also uses the same exploits. Victims have gotten messages asking for money in exchange for unlocking their computers.
Foursys. Here's how it works: The malware enters a computer system through an email attachment or someone visiting a website, according to Simon Crosby, co- founder of security software provider Bromium. From there, it can spread across the local area network through a standard file- sharing technology called Windows Server Message Block, or SMB. Hospitals in the UK's National Health Service, Spanish telecommunications provider Telefonica and global shipping giant Fed. Ex were among the early organizations hit. It just spread from there.
The criminals really have the upper hand in this situation and most companies are completely unprepared for this kind of attack," said Gartner analyst Avivah Litan. Hackers typically demand about $3. If that ransom isn't paid in 7. And after a few days, the files are permanently locked. Hackers could stand to make more than $1 billion if the ransoms are all paid.
Blame game. There's some debate as to who really is at fault (beyond the hackers, of course). Microsoft believes that government agencies like the CIA hoarding software flaws and keeping them secret contributed to Wanna. Cry. The NSA didn't respond to requests for comment. Gen. Keith Alexander, who served as NSA director from 2. Microsoft's claims that the agency was hoarding these vulnerabilities."They don't hoard, they release 9.
Alexander said during a panel at Tech. Crunch Disrupt on Tuesday. But to go after a terrorist, you need an exploit."Microsoft could have been more proactive in issuing patches for older versions of its software. For instance, it made the special exception to patch this vulnerability for all versions of Windows - - including the ones it stopped supporting. But that only happened after the attack hit. To be fair, Microsoft has long warned people that it would stop supporting these older versions.
You could also blame IT workers who weren't up to speed on the latest updates. But it's hard to blame them when updates can stop critical systems from working, or make older software like XP and Windows 7 inoperable. For places like hospitals, that's unacceptable.
Outdated equipment. Guess what? A lot of people still use Windows XP, which was first released in 2. Likewise, if you don't have a licensed version of Windows (that is, if you stole it), you may not have the necessary patches to protect you. The effectiveness of Wanna. Cry underscores the fact that many computers are using older software and haven't been updated or patched. More people in the world use some version of Windows on their desktops and laptops than any other operating system."As we look at the overall cybersecurity posture of the country, we have to look at the way we manage old platforms and better protect them," said Mark Testoni, CEO of security software company SAP NS2. A survey conducted earlier this year of 2.
The survey, conducted by the United Nations, the Internet Society and the Centre for International Governance Innovation, found that 4. Nine out of 1. 0 victims who paid up got their devices back. Ransomware attackers have discovered that they don't have to steal or destroy your data to enrich themselves, they just have to hold it hostage," Fen Osler Hampson, director of global security at CIGI said.
Here's how bad things are: Through 2. IT professionals will have known about for at least a year, according to Gartner. It might be time to start to doing something about it. Still evolving? Today's problem may just be the beginning. The real fear is that this incident will set off a new wave of attacks. Hackers have already updated Wanna. Cry. What's next?"The concern being that potentially a new variant of this ransomware could show up on Monday," Adam Meyers, vice president of intelligence at Crowd Strike, told CBS News.
And it would take a lot more effort to try to stop that next wave of attack."Copycats are already starting to pop up, according to security experts."It still has the potential to grow exponentially," said Rick Orloff, chief security officer at cybersecurity company Code. That's really what's keeping security professionals awake at night. So we have the Wanna. Cry thing. They'll say, 'Did you fix it?' 'Well, we fixed the glitch. We've patched the ones that have been infected. Great, so we're good,'" said Yahoo Chief Information Security Officer Bob Lord at Tech.
Crunch Disrupt on Monday. But that transactional relationship isn't going to prepare you for a truly intelligent adversary who really is out to get you." At a White House press briefing Monday, Tom Bossert, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, emphasized the importance of patching and reminding people not to use unlicensed versions of software that may not be able to be patched.
And as far as figuring who exactly is responsible for Wanna. Cry, Bossert said while it would be satisfying to do just that, "that's something that sometimes eludes us."A persistent, ever- changing threat that's always coming after you?
Hollywood couldn't write a better horror flick. Terry Collins contributed to this story.
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Sequels That Introduce Huge Plotholes To The Originals. The Harry Potter books and movies are full of silly, fantastic plot devices, but we expect some consistency in our silly, fantastic plot devices, dammit. Warner Bros."Expecto familiarus!"Case in point: There's a special type of spell in the Potter- verse whereby a location can be hidden forever as long as the secret of its existence is kept by a designated "Secret Keeper." While hiding from the murderous Voldemort, Harry Potter's parents made their old pal Peter Pettigrew their Secret Keeper. Unfortunately, Pettigrew betrayed the Potters and shared their whereabouts with Voldemort, before shapeshifting into a rat and spending more than a decade hiding inside a young boy's pants. If you've never read/watched Harry Potter, we want to stress that no part of the last sentence is a joke. Anyway, Voldemort uses the information to find and kill the Potters in front of their surprisingly resilient baby, thus kicking off this entire franchise. But here's the thing: It turns out that the Potters didn't have to take the risk of entrusting someone else (voyeuristic rats or otherwise) with their secret.
In Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, as the characters are hiding from Wizard Hitler's second coming, we learn that some of them are Secret Keepers for their own hideouts. Specifically, Arthur and Bill Weasley are: Bloomsbury"Incidentally, here's a secret: Your dad was a moron."So not only can you totally make someone living in your own house the Secret Keeper, but it can be yourself. If this is allowed under the magical laws of this universe, why didn't the Potters just make themselves their own Secret Keepers?
Hell, they could make each the other's Secret Keeper for double protection. Why put their lives in the hands of a man who looks like he absolutely owns a troll- themed sex dungeon? Warner Bros."He seems legit."Note that they could still inform friends of their location (if only so they could bring over toiletries), but those friends would be magically forbidden from mouthing off to anyone else. It's such an incredibly ridiculous oversight that it threatens to bring down the entire series. Literally nothing in the series would have happened if the Potters had just read the fine print on the Secret Keeper spell book they'd purchased on Magic Amazon.
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