With a 2nd WannaCry looming, more than half of industrial sites are vulnerable
Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008. The company also took the unusual step of porting the bug fix to Windows XP and Windows 2003, two operating systems that are otherwise no longer receiving support updates.
Microsoft's decision to invoke WannaCry should speak to just how serious a potential exploit could be. To date, the ransomware attack that terrorized individuals and organizations around the world in May 2017 is one of the worst cyber attacks on record. The attack, which encrypted files on infected machines and demanded victim pay a ransom in bitcoin in order to regain access to their information, affected as many as one million machines and extracts.
"The problem stems from the fact that patching computers in industrial control networks is challenging because they often operate 24-7 controlling large-scale physical processes like oil refining and electricity generation," Phil Neray, VP of Industrial Cybersecurity at ."For companies that can't upgrade, we recommend implementing compensating controls such as network segmentation and continuous network monitoring.
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