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WANNACRY RANSOMWARE ANALYSIS

WannaCryptor, also known as WannaCry, is a ransomware that surfaced on Friday May 12th and instantly made international headlines. This great media attention is due to the ravages caused by this ransomware (crippled hospitals in the UK, massive infections at FedEx, Vodafone, Renault, etc.) as well as its capacity to propagate in a way that was never seen before. In fact, more than 200,000 computers spread over 150 countries were infected between May 12th and May 14th 2017. In this document, we analyze the behavior of the WannaCry ransomware, validating the capacity of our breach detection technology CDS to successfully detect it.

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WANNACRY RANSOMWARE ANALYSIS