With increasing cyber crimes, terrorism has moved to another level. Do they really need ammunition to terrorize the world anymore when they have computers? They are Cyber-terrorist, or simply, hackers. On Friday, 12 May 2017, the world saw one of the biggest cyber attack, popularly known as WannaCry. This cyber attack also goes by the names WannaCrypt, WCry, WNCry. It infected more than 230 thousand computers in over 150 countries. Clearly, 2017 has not been the best year as far as security is concerned. Before WannaCry a Phishing scam targeted Gmail users. This worm caused a lot of trouble for many Gmail users even though it was a simple and old phishing technique. The reason behind this was its unbelievably sophisticated construction. Another malware called Judy is terrorizing Android users. It was found in over 41 apps on the Google play store. It has infected over 36.5 million users and counting.
What is WannaCry?
What is WannaCry?
It is a Ransomware which basically means if your computer gets infected by it then all your files will get be encrypted until you pay ransom for it. The ransom payment is accepted only in Bitcoins ( a digital payment system invented by some unknown programmers who go by the name Satoshi Nakamoto). It mostly targeted Windows Operating system, mainly Windows 7. In fact, Microsoft Windows was the most affected Operating system.
