WannaCry-Possible links

I’m sure you have heard about the WannaCry ransomware attack, but did you know that it has possible links to North Korea? Cybersecurity researchers are working furiously to try and find the culprits. They have linked WannaCry with a group called Lazarus. Lazarus is a group of cyber attackers that has already been in speculation for other cyber attacks in the past. Lazarus is believed to have connections to North Korea. The investigation started when a Google researcher posted a weird string of characters. That string of characters in now known to be two separate pieces of code. One is from WannaCry and the other was from the Lazarus group. The two strings of code were analyzed and researchers have found many similarities between the two samples of code. This suggests that they were written by a similar group of people. Researchers have also found similarities in code between other versions of WannaCry and different Lazarus attacks. While some may think this is a hoax to lead Cybersecurity analysts in the wrong direction, there is very strong evidence that disproves that theory. While technically anything or anyone is possible, this investigation seems very promising. To read more about WannaCry and its possible links, visit http://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-attack-may-have-a-north-korean-link-say-security-researchers/.