This isn’t the only example
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 4:46 am
WannaCry’s poor coding. If the ransomware infiltrates a system, it moves files that its developers don’t consider important to be safe to a temporary folder. These files contain the original data, which is not overwritten, but simply deleted from the disk. This means that they can be recovered using data recovery software. Unfortunately, if the files are in an “important” folder like Documents or Desktop, WannaCry will overwrite the original files with random data, making recovery impossible.
However, the many bugs in the code give hope to victims, as the spain whatsapp data nature of the ransomware provides ample opportunities to recover at least files.
"If you were infected with the WannaCry ransomware, there is a good chance that you will be able to recover many files on your affected computer. We recommend that individuals and organizations use file recovery utilities on affected machines in their network," said Anton Ivanov, a security researcher at Kaspersky Lab.
This is not the first time WannaCry has been characterized as an amateur form of ransomware. And the fact that in the three weeks since the attack, only a tiny fraction of infected victims have paid a total of $120,000 in Bitcoin in ransomware suggests that the ransomware, while causing a massive stir, has failed to make the big money that ransomware ultimately aims to make.
And while WannaCry infected many Windows XP systems, multiple unsuccessful attacks resulted in computers crashing and blue screens of death, again indicating that there was something wrong with the code.
While the identities of those behind the WannaCry campaign remain unknown, police and cybersecurity firms continue to search for answers about the ransomware's origins.
However, the many bugs in the code give hope to victims, as the spain whatsapp data nature of the ransomware provides ample opportunities to recover at least files.
"If you were infected with the WannaCry ransomware, there is a good chance that you will be able to recover many files on your affected computer. We recommend that individuals and organizations use file recovery utilities on affected machines in their network," said Anton Ivanov, a security researcher at Kaspersky Lab.
This is not the first time WannaCry has been characterized as an amateur form of ransomware. And the fact that in the three weeks since the attack, only a tiny fraction of infected victims have paid a total of $120,000 in Bitcoin in ransomware suggests that the ransomware, while causing a massive stir, has failed to make the big money that ransomware ultimately aims to make.
And while WannaCry infected many Windows XP systems, multiple unsuccessful attacks resulted in computers crashing and blue screens of death, again indicating that there was something wrong with the code.
While the identities of those behind the WannaCry campaign remain unknown, police and cybersecurity firms continue to search for answers about the ransomware's origins.