A blog about embedded computing systems, cyber-physical systems, and Internet of Things. We concentrate on technical topics but also discuss their implications.
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Ransomware Attacks Use NSA Exploits
Extremetech reports here that the worldwide ransomware attack---Britain's NHS is only one of its many targets---makes use of the Eternalblue exploit from the leaked NSA documents. This exploit seems to affect primarily older Windows systems. However, both IT and cyber-physical systems are not easily updated so many systems are still vulnerable.
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