If Wannacry seemed little
Wannacry Decryptor has been the news in recent days. A _malware_ that has put multiple companies on the ropes and that has shown how bad the policy is in terms of updates and maintenance of equipment that has been carried out both in the public and private sectors.
One of the most strongly circulating theories is that the attack in reality, given the few benefits obtained, has been more of a test , a trial balloon for another later act, than a fact with its own foundations. A way to check the vulnerability of the systems before a bug that was known and had already been patched.The problem is caused by unknown errors that can be used for the same purpose.
The truth is that at the source, in the eye of all this hurricane of news was the NSA (National Security Agency) as body responsible for the creation of this _ransomware_. And now it seems that the NSA was not alone in these struggles, as a report from Wikileaks has warned about the existence of a _spyware_ created by the CIA called Athena
Athena is malicious _software_ that installs itself on target computers, runs _offline_ and performs for the operator that drives the system the tasks that it deems necessary and appropriate.In this way Athena can be customized for each objective as determined by the CIA by controlling the PC of the infected.
A _software_ for which the CIA has had the collaboration of various companies, known thanks to the leaking of these documents, in which even includes a manual to learn how to use Athena.
It now remains to be seen if Microsoft will act quickly again and remove the patch that covers this vulnerability as it did in the past with Wannacry Decryptor, as to date Athena and the hole that allows her execution have not yet been patched.
Via | International Business Times In Xataka | Wanna Decryptor: this is how the ransomware used in the cyber attack on Telefónica works In Xataka Windows | It's difficult, but if Wanna Decryptor (or other malware) has infected your computer you can fight it with these steps
