For the past decade or so, increasing tensions between International governments have led to what IT security experts call today “cyberterrorism” – the use of cyberweapons (hacks) to spy on or to commission cyber-attacks overseas.
The most recent such example occurred on May 12, 2017 when an unknown group of hackers deployed what was to become the most dangerous ransomware attack ever recorded. WannaCry, as the malware is dubbed, leverages a (now patched) 0-Day vulnerability developed by hackers contracted by the NSA. This whitepaper is a technical detail into how the malware operates and its spreading techniques.