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• Old Windows PCs can stop WannaCry ransomware with new Microsoft patch

  13-05-2017 21:14
  
  Users of old Windows systems can now download a patch to protect them from this week’s massive ransomware attack.
  
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• 'Accidental hero' halts ransomware attack and warns: this is not over - The Guardian

  13-05-2017 16:49 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian
  'Accidental hero' halts ransomware attack and warns: this is not over
  The Guardian
  The “accidental hero” who halted the global spread of an unprecedented ransomware attack by registering a garbled domain name hidden in the malware has warned the attack could be rebooted. The ransomware used in Friday's attack wreaked havoc on ...
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• A 'kill switch' is slowing the spread of WannaCry ransomware

  13-05-2017 03:24
  
  Friday’s unprecedented ransomware attack may have stopped spreading to new machines -- at least briefly -- thanks to a "kill switch" that a security researcher has activated.
  
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