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Microsoft also released a security patch for legacy Windows operating systems which are not supported anymore, notes ZDNet. Windows 10 users are not affected by the ransomware, notes ZDNet. People still running the mentioned versions whoВ have not downloaded Microsoft Security Bulletin MS17-010 should let Windows Update do the work for them or do it manually. Windows users who have not updated their PC recently are vulnerable to this WannaCry cyber-attack.ДЄ security fix was released in March to resolve the issue forВ Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 8.1.

The seriousness of the issue can be gathered from the fact that even the President of the United States Donald Trump ordered his homeland security advisor to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to assess the threat posed by the cyber-attacks.

#Apple ransomware attack 2017 how to

How to prevent being attacked by WannaCry

вЂњIf you put things in a cloud, you depend on your third parties, you depend on your suppliers and if one of them gets hacked, youвЂ™re in trouble,вЂќ the security expert said.ДЄs of now, there has been no comment from Apple on the matter. Yampolskiy further said that users are not any safer with their data or information in the cloud. вЂ¦ But Apple is absolutely vulnerable to similar types of attacks,вЂќ the expert said. вЂњIt happens that this attack is targeting the Windows computers. When asked if Apple users cannot be affected by such cyber-attacks, Aleksandr Yampolskiy, chief executive officer and founder of SecurityScorecard, said on Squawk Box that it is a common misconception.