No, Wannacry Is Non Dead! Hits Honda & Traffic Calorie-Free Photographic Idiot Box Camera System

It's been over a calendar month since the WannaCry ransomware caused chaos worldwide too people convey started counting its advert equally 'the things of past,' but…

...WannaCry is non DEAD!

The self-spreading ransomware is silent hold upwardly too is working absolutely fine.

The latest victims of WannaCry are Honda Motor Company too 55 speed too traffic lite cameras inwards Australia.

The WannaCry ransomware shuts downward hospitals, telecom providers, too many businesses worldwide, infecting over 300,000 Windows systems running SMBv1 inwards to a greater extent than than 150 countries within simply 72 hours on twelfth of May.

The worm was leveraging an NSA's Windows SMB exploit, dubbed EternalBlue, leaked past times the infamous hacking grouping Shadow Brokers inwards its Apr information dump, along alongside other Windows exploits.

Honda Stops Production After WannaCry Hits its Computer

Honda Motor Company released a contestation this week, proverb the companionship was forced to halt its production for to a greater extent than than 24 hours at inwards 1 of its Japan-based factories later finding the WannaCry infections inwards its calculator networks.

The automaker halted production of to a greater extent than than 1,000 at its Sayama plant, northwest of Tokyo, on Mon 19th June later it discovered that the ransomware had affected networks across Japan, North America, Europe, China, too other regions despite its efforts to secure systems inwards mid-May, according to a Wed study from Reuters.

While Honda did non tell how WannaCry got into their networks 37 days later a researcher activated the kill switch, it's clear that the computers within the Honda network were running unsupported versions of Windows OS or it did non install a highly critical spell released past times Microsoft inwards March.

The Honda's Sayama plant, which produces the Accord sedan, Odyssey Minivan, Step Wagon compact multipurpose vehicle too more, produces approximately 1,000 vehicles per day.

Renault too Nissan were likewise infected past times the WannaCry ransomware final month, which likewise forced them to temporarily halt their production at plants inwards Britain, India, Japan, France, too Romania.

WannaCry Hits 55 Traffic-Light too Speed Cameras inwards Australia

Another recent WannaCry victim was spotted inwards Commonwealth of Australia when the Victoria Police confirmed that the ransomware infected a full of 55 crimson lite cameras too speed cameras inwards Victoria via somebody photographic television set camera operator Redflex.

The malware locked downward critical files too demanded a ransom inwards render (WannaCry unremarkably demands $300 to unlock files), according to the 3AW morning radio show.

"A organisation spell has been applied, which prevents the spread of the virus," the officials told the show. "The Department is inwards the procedure of removing the [WannaCry] virus from the affected cameras. The remaining websites volition hold upwardly rectified inwards the side past times side span of days."

The government believed the infection was the consequence of a targeted cyber attack, rather than 'human error,' probable on the purpose of a photographic television set camera technician, too that WannaCry got onboard via a USB drive.

"Our advice at this phase is that a software virus has been detected even too then the photographic television set camera organisation has non been compromised," the police line said. "We volition hold off into all incidents detected past times the speed too crimson lite cameras during the fourth dimension inwards query equally a affair of course. The integrity of the photographic television set camera organisation has non been affected."

Well, it is quite surprising that fifty-fifty later knowing almost the WannaCry issue for quite a decent total of time, big companies convey non yet implemented proper safety measures to defend against the threat.

Ransomware has larn an albatross approximately everyone's neck. Recently, a South Korean spider web hosting provider confirmed that the companionship had paid a tape $1 Million ransom to hackers inwards render of its information next a ransomware assail over the weekend.

In cyberspace, Ignorance is non bliss. So, croak too apply the goddamn patches too disable the unsecured, 30-year-old SMBv1 file-sharing protocol on your systems.

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