Cisco's Talos team analysis of WannaCry worm

Re:Cisco's Talos team analysis of WannaCry worm by snaily on Saturday May 13, 2017 @06:23AM (#14330244)

Unlike biological contagions, digital ones typically aren't transferred just by physical touch.

Don't run or open anything off the stick on your machine and you'll be fine.

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Re:Cisco's Talos team analysis of WannaCry worm by DanBC on Saturday May 13, 2017 @08:19AM (#14330574)

Windows has had exploits where preview features (eg Explorer thumbnails) were running malicious code.

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Re:Cisco's Talos team analysis of WannaCry worm by averagewall on Saturday May 13, 2017 @08:05PM (#14333599)

Of course. Windows has also had RCE vulnerabilities just by being connected to the internet. Hence the need to keep it updated.

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Re:Cisco's Talos team analysis of WannaCry worm by dogma1138 on Saturday May 13, 2017 @09:06AM (#14330750)

The stick itself is the virus aka Bad USB or any other similar vector.

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