WannaCry Ransomware Inspires Microsoft to Updates ...
I kind of figured this would happen. Even told my Mom several weeks back we would probably be able to apply new security updates to her old XP box. |
Who? Well ... I can think of North Korea, China, The Russian Republic, Ukrane, and Kazakhstan to mention a few I've interacted with in recent memory. I routinely firewall subnets from these places as a matter of security anyway because of the disturbing log entries and interesting querystrings and sessions I've caught dead to rights in real time.
And don't let the fact that we have supposed "allies" dissuade you from vigorous security implementations because South Korea and Japan are right on in there with them and the NSA has a lot going on the domestic front as well.
Then there are the little high school harrys from places like MIT who like to gang up on you and try their hand at SQL injection ... despite the fact that I use constructs specifically designed to thwart such shenanigans. I ended up firewalling the entirety of the school just to be done with the bother of it all. I enjoyed watching their connections drop like flies immensely. It seems that the .edu TLD is chock full of little banty roosters out to get over on someone ... anyone because they don't get anything else.
The bottom line here is you can't be too careful and I would get busy with the application of any critical updates you can for your own cyber well being.
Like I keep telling you, it's a cold cruel internet out there and people will try to get you each and every time you give them opportunity. Lessen those opportunities with security upddates such as these Microsoft will be pushing your way.
Besides, some of your worst threats are pimply faced wanna be coulda woulda shoulda been a playa on some residential node using a hack kit he bought on the dark web and wants to try on you. YES, amateurs.