Two ways to check your PC is patched against EternalBlue

Exploits linked to leaked NSA hacking tools have been causing havoc recently, with the WannaCry ransomware infecting more than 300,000 systems. WannaCry made use of the previously unknown SMB exploit EternalBlue, but the leak included details of several others. Microsoft has released patches, but are they in place on all your PCs? The simplest and most reliable way to find out is to run Windows Update and check for missing patches. If a system hasn’t been updated for a while, you’ll be missing far more than the NSA patches, and it’s important to get them all. Chinese antivirus vendor Qihoo… [Continue Reading]