What’s the moral of the WannaCry story? Make sure that you are running the latest version of the operating system on any of your devices. Windows XP – the 16-year-old operating system that was the target of WannaCry As a result of WannaCry, Microsoft actually issued a patch to the operating system on May 13 for these custom devices - all for an operating system that is in “extended support” and hasn’t been sold for nine years. Windows XP is still widely used in automated teller machines (about 95% of all ATMs worldwide run XP) and medical devices, both systems that are rarely updated. While most of the PCs had probably been updated to at least Service Pack 3, that still happened in April of 2008 - a full nine years ago. In this particular instance, the computers were all running Windows XP, an operating system that originally came out in October of 2001. WannaCry targeted the computers that were the most vulnerable to a malware attack. Make Sure You’re Running The Latest Version of macOS
#APPLE RANSOMWARE ATTACK 2017 HOW TO#
Today, we’ll talk about how to protect yourself against ransomware. While WannaCry didn’t hit Macs, the next piece of ransomware could. This was the case last week around the world as those thousands of PCs in homes, businesses and government offices were rendered useless. A piece of ransomware named WannaCry infected those PCs, encrypted all of the files, and then demanded a ransom payment before the encryption could be removed. It was enough to make tens of thousands of PC users cry. (The ransom notice from the WannaCry ransomware - May 12, 2017)
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