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New evidence suggests most WannaCry victims were running Windows 7, Windows XP is ‘insignificant’ – OnMSFT (blog)

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OnMSFT (blog)

New evidence suggests most WannaCry victims were running Windows 7, Windows XP is 'insignificant'
OnMSFT (blog)
According to new reports, new evidence is suggesting that most WannaCry victims were running Windows 7, meaning that Windows XP is 'insignificant' when it comes to the distribution of the ransomware across Windows machines (via The Verge …
The need for urgent collective action to keep people safe online: Lessons from last week's cyberattack – Microsoft …The Official Microsoft Blog – Microsoft
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS17-010 – CriticalTechNet – Microsoft
Customer Guidance for WannaCrypt attacks – MSRC – TechNet Blogs – MicrosoftTechNet Blogs – Microsoft
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And in the rest of the world: Hacking victims “WannaCry” – The Middle Ground

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The Middle Ground

And in the rest of the world: Hacking victims “WannaCry”
The Middle Ground
HACKERS are having a great weekend, with the recent spate of cyber attacks. At home, concerns over internet security hit a new high when the the Ministry of Education revealed that the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological …

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Office Zero Day Delivering FINSPY Spyware to Victims in Russia – Threatpost

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Office Zero Day Delivering FINSPY Spyware to Victims in Russia
Threatpost
Since at least January, unidentified state-sponsored attackers have been targeting victims in Russia with FINSPY spyware delivered in exploits for an Office and WordPad zero-day vulnerability patched on Tuesday by Microsoft. Separately, the same zero …

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Anthem to data breach victims: Maybe the damages are your own darned fault

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Insurance giant Anthem has effectively scared off possible victims of a 2015 data breach by asking to examine their personal computers for evidence that their own shoddy security was to blame for their information falling into the hands of criminals.

Some of the affected Anthem customers sued for damages they say resulted from the breach but then withdrew their suits after Anthem got a court order allowing the exams.

The examiners would be looking only for evidence that their credentials or other personal data had been stolen even before the Anthem hack ever took place, according to a blog by Chad Mandell, an attorney at LeClairRyan.

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Network World Tim Greene