What is EternalBlue? How Does it Used to Hack Millions of Computers?
EternalBlue is a powerful exploit created by the U.S National security Agency(NSA). The tool was stolen from them in 2017, and a group calling itself the Shadow Hackers leaked it. later cybercriminals used it to penetrate Microsoft Windows-based systems. Windows released a patch over two years ago to fix the vulnerability in their software, but not everyone has updated their computers to seal the loophole. In fact, 2 years later over one million computers that access the internet are yet to be updated. Here’s what you need to know about EternalBlue Exploit. About EternalBlue The NSA had to alert Microsoft about the Windows software’s vulnerability after they realized their hacking tool had been stolen, and it was about to be used by hackers to penetrate systems using the Windows operating system. Windows were able to prepare and issue a patch one month before the EternalBlue tool was published by the mysterious Shadow Brokers. The patch covered all...
