What WannaCry Taught Me About the Benefits of Agents in VM Programs
In the wake of the WannaCry attack, my security team and I learned firsthand why having an agent-based vulnerability management strategy could have helped.…
No More Tears? WannaCry, One Year Later
WannaCry, one year later, and what happened to the SMB target environment.…
WannaCry coda: Have you disabled SMBv1?
By now, if you're reading this blog, you probably have read about WannaCry. If not, please take a moment to review: Wanna Decryptor (WNCRY) Ransomware Explained Using Threat Intelligence to Mitigate Wanna Decryptor (WannaCry) WannaCry Update: Vulnerable SMB Shares Are Widely Deployed And People Are…
WannaCry - Scanning & Reporting
In light of the recent WannaCry Ransomware attacks, I thought it'd be great to share ways of finding out which assets are susceptible to this attack. 1) Create a custom scan template to check for MS17-010 The easiest way to create a Custom template is…
Scanning and Remediating WannaCry/MS17-010 in InsightVM and Nexpose
*Update 5/18/17: EternalBlue exploit (used in WannaCry attack) is now available in Metasploit for testing your compensating controls and validating remediations. More info: EternalBlue: Metasploit Module for MS17-010. Also removed steps 5 and 6 from scan instructions as they were not strictly necessary…
WannaCry Update: Vulnerable SMB Shares Are Widely Deployed And People Are Scanning For Them
WannaCry Overview Last week the WannaCry ransomware worm, also known as Wanna Decryptor, Wanna Decryptor 2.0, WNCRY, and WannaCrypt started spreading around the world, holding computers for ransom at hospitals, government offices, and businesses. To recap: WannaCry exploits a vulnerability in the Windows Server…
Wanna Decryptor (WNCRY) Ransomware Explained
Mark the date: May 12, 2017. This is the day the “ransomworm” dubbed “WannaCry” / “Wannacrypt” burst — literally — onto the scene with one of the initial targets being the British National Health Service. According to The Guardian: the “unprecedented attack… affected 12 countries and at least…
