18 Months Later, WannaCry Still Lurks on Infected Computers

[hazelnut]

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Eighteen months after the initial outbreak of the WannaCry Ransomware infection, the malware continues to rear its head on thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of infected computers.

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According to Hankins, the WannaCry kill switch domain receives over 17 million beacons, or connections, in a one week period.  These connections are coming from over 630 thousand unique IP addresses consisting of 194 different countries in one week.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/18-months-later-wannacry-still-lurks-on-infected-computers/

[Andavari]

If only they'd patch old processors, but likely they won't.