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News Wanakiwi tool decrypts WannaCry files across all Windows versions

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Gareth Halfacree, 22 May 2017.

  1. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Gareth Halfacree, 22 May 2017
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    Once this ransomware is tidied up, I hope Microsoft fix this little security flaw... It means a bad actor would only need to be able to read your memory as you encrypt files, to have the decryption keys for their own nefarious uses.
     
    IamSoulRider, 22 May 2017
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  3. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Yeah, it's not a great advert for Microsoft's built-in encryption tools, is it? I originally had a few words about that in the lede, but ditched it in case people thought I was being unnecessarily critical of Microsoft.
     
    Gareth Halfacree, 22 May 2017
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    Yeah, this is especially true in a server environment which can go a month or two between reboots. (Or years assuming you're not patching)
     
    mi1ez, 23 May 2017
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    I doubt that it's a coincidence that it has such an obvious backdoor. It seems more likely that is done in partnership with a certain group of 3 letter acronym carrying fun partners.
     
    Wwhat, 27 May 2017
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