In case you’ve been under a rock there is a massive RansomWare infection doing the rounds. Read more here:
It infects systems via phishing but also spreads via SMB protocol somehow. This is done with 0-days released as part of the leaked NSA hacking tools. So it does not need user intervention to spread.
Patching
Please patch your systems as I don’t want this on the wug, if it’s not already doing the rounds. Patches are even available for older Windows OS including Windows XP and Windows Server 2003:
Patch your systems!
Downloading patches on the wug
@Jypels will shortly make those patches available for download in the usual place. I’ve also asked the owners of WSUS servers to make sure the latest patches are available on them.
Mine’s been done, updating twice per day. Switched over to a new server that seems to give me some issues now & then, switching back to the old one for now…
There are still guys exploiting these vulnerabilities. Apparently this one uses more NSA leaked exploits and is more sneaky. It just sits and waits for commands.
Do your updates i had one of these viruses ones a year or so ago lost 2or3tb of stuff the virus hides in user appdata roaming microsoft folder i had to use total comander to see it windows couldn’t even see it and i had show hidden files and protected files on total comander was only app that could see it
