{"id":4562,"date":"2017-05-17T20:36:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T20:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=4562"},"modified":"2017-05-17T20:36:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T20:36:04","slug":"wannacrypt-makes-other-malware-authors-wannacry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=4562","title":{"rendered":"WannaCrypt Makes Other Malware Authors WannaCry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It may not be very funny, but the funny thing about <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WannaCry_ransomware_attack\">WannaCrypt<\/a> is that it is somewhat of a failure! Unless the authors are spectacularly stupid (not entirely impossible incidentally), they have no way to recover their ill-gotten gains. The pile of looted bitcoins they have acquired is fully visible, so any attempt to use those coins will almost certainly result in them being tracked down &#8211; they have attracted too much attention.<\/p>\n<p>Which is another aspect of the WannCrypt malware &#8211; it has highlighted the vulnerability (<a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/security\/ms17-010.aspx\">MS17-010<\/a>) and caused a huge vulnerability hunt. Which is causing those who wrote other malware (such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proofpoint.com\/us\/threat-insight\/post\/adylkuzz-cryptocurrency-mining-malware-spreading-for-weeks-via-eternalblue-doublepulsar\">Adylkuzz<\/a>) to gnash their teeth, because otherwise their malware would have quietly worked away in the background. The malware authors behind Adylkuzz have probably made more money than the WannaCrypt malware authors &#8230; and may well get away with their loot too.<\/p>\n<p>Which is why other malware authors &#8220;wannacry&#8221; &#8211; the attention that WannaCrypt has gotten has ruined MS17-010 for them.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4289\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/solidus.jpeg?resize=695%2C463&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/solidus.jpeg?w=792&amp;ssl=1 792w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/solidus.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/solidus.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may not be very funny, but the funny thing about WannaCrypt is that it is somewhat of a failure! Unless the authors are spectacularly stupid (not entirely impossible incidentally), they have no way to recover their ill-gotten gains. 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