{"id":802,"date":"2017-05-15T08:38:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T08:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/?p=802"},"modified":"2017-05-15T08:38:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T08:38:16","slug":"wannacry-ransomware-attack-nearly-80-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/wannacry-ransomware-attack-nearly-80-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"WannaCry Ransomware Attack nearly 80+ Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>80+ countries including Saudi Arabia, India, Russia, China, UK and more. More than 45000 attacks were recorded in various countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saudi Telecom Company (STC)<\/strong> was also affected by <strong>WannaCry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-803 aligncenter\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 398 200'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/WannaCry-Ransomware-Attack-nearly-80-Countries-SaudiExpatriate.com_.jpg\" alt=\"WannaCry Ransomware Attack nearly 80+ Countries-SaudiExpatriate.com\" width=\"398\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Malware was online since 14th of April from a groups called Shadow Brokers. Building anti-analysis defenses into malware is common, but the WannaCry hackers appear to have botched the implementation.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Temporary Fix for WannaCry<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The kill switch doesn\u2019t help devices WannaCry has already infected and locked down. But by registering the domain, and then directing the traffic to it into a server environment meant to capture and hold malicious traffic\u2014known as a \u201csinkhole\u201d\u2014MalwareTech bought time for systems that hadn\u2019t already been infected to be patched for long-term protection, particularly in the United States where WannaCry was slower to proliferate because its spread had mostly been in Europe and Asia early on.<\/p>\n<p>Though there is a fake message that says &#8221; Please inform all contacts from your list not to open a video called the &#8220;Dance of Hillary&#8221;. It is a virus that formats your mobile. Beware it it very dangerous. They announced it today on BBC Radio. FWs this msg to as many as you can!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>80+ countries including Saudi Arabia, India, Russia, China, UK and more. More than 45000 attacks were recorded in various countries. 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