World Biggest Ransomware Attack Hits 74 Countries

Approx 74 countries affected

Currently, 45000 computers are infected

Many Hospitals have reported about Ransomware Attack.

Ransomware Using NSA Windows Exploit

Cyber attackers ask Ransom in return of Bitcoin payment address.

Kaspersky detected and successfully blocked a large number of Ransomware attacks around the world, data is encrypted with the extension “.WCRY” added to the filenames.

Kaspersky analysis indicates the attack, dubbed “WannaCry”, is initiated through an SMBv2 remote code execution in Microsoft Windows. This exploit (codenamed “EternalBlue”) has been made available on the internet through the Shadowbrokers dump on April 14th, 2017 ( you can read our post here about the dumps and downloads) and patched by Microsoft on March 14.

But many organizations who did not patch their systems are open to Ransomware attacks.

Currently recorded more than 45,000 attacks of the WannaCry ransomware in 74 countries around the world, mostly in Russia.

Image source: Kaspersky

British Prime Minister Theresa May said, “We are aware that a number of NHS organisations have reported that they have suffered from a ransomware attack. This is not targeted at the NHS, it’s an international attack and a number of countries and organisations have been affected,” May said, referring to the country’s National Health Service.

“The National Cyber Security Centre is working closely with NHS digital to ensure that they support the organisations concerned and that they protect patient safety,” May added.

A official statement from National Health service (NHS)