WannaCrypt

This is purely intended as a humorous/novelty entry added as a response to the attached tweet of a security researcher.  Do not install the software.

See https://twitter.com/hackerfant...

WannaCry (or WannaCrypt, WanaCrypt0r 2.0 Wanna Decryptor) is a ransomware program targeting Microsoft Windows On Friday, 12 May 2017, a large cyber-attack using it was launched, infecting over 230,000 computers in 150 countries, demanding ransom payments in bitcoin in 28 languages. The attack has been described by Europol as unprecedented in scale.[8] The attack affected Telefónica, FedEx, Deutsche Bahn, and the UK's National Health Service (NHS), among other corporate and governmental entities.

WannaCry is believed to use the EternalBlue exploit, which was developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA)to attack computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems. Although a patch to remove the underlying vulnerability had been issued on 14 March 2017, users who delayed in applying security updates, or use unsupported versions of Windows, were left vulnerable. Microsoft has taken the unusual step of releasing updates for the unsupported Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 and patches for Windows 8 operating systems.

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