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Brace yourself! With 7 hack tools to WannaCry's 2, EternalRocks is worse

What you need to know about the new cyber threat, and the steps you should take to protect yourself

Dealing with the WannaCry ransomware attack
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BS WebTeam New Delhi
Not even a week has passed and reports of a new cyber attack is making rounds across the globe. A new strain of malware that uses Microsoft's Server Message Block (SMB) networking protocol surfaced on Sunday, the Fortune reported on Sunday

Last week, the Wannacry, which is ransomware that encrypts files on infected machines and demands payment for unlocking them, affected systems worldwide. 

A majority of the affected systems had unpatched versions of Windows 7 that made their systems more vulnerable to infection.

The matter came to light as a researcher alerted the world