On: WannaCry – New Variants Detected

[rhubarbcustard]

Hasn't that been a common thing in bitlocker malware for ages too?

Did they just manage to craft so really persuasive emails this time?

[CydeWeys → rhubarbcustard]

WannaCry is a worm. It does not require people to click on anything in emails to be infected. It scans for vulnerable computers and infects them directly over the network.