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DigitalShadows weighs in on the most likely explanation: WannaCry is from an “unsophisticated” attacker

Posted on May 19, 2017 at 09:26 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

I don’t use their fancy analysis technique, but the conclusion from Digital Shadows sure rings right with me:

Though by no means definitive, we assessed that a WannaCry campaign launched by an unsophisticated cybercriminal actor was the most plausible scenario based on the information that is currently available.

WannaCry is full of cringeworthy errors — it’s like a misguided firecracker launched by an F-22 Raptor.

Please, if you use Windows and you haven’t patched it yet, get on the stick.

Windows Patches/Security Digital Shadows, WannaCrypt

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