Remove Data breaches Remove Financial Services Remove Ransomware Remove Search queries
article thumbnail

UNRAVELING EternalBlue: inside the WannaCry’s enabler

Security Affairs

EternalBlue is a Windows exploit created by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and used in the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack. This dupes a Windows machine that has not been patched against the vulnerability into allowing illegitimate data packets into the legitimate network. What is the EternalBlue vulnerability?

Phishing 122