May 19th 2017 By Catalin Cimpanu
Researchers have detected a new worm that is spreading via SMB, but unlike the worm component of the WannaCry ransomware, this one is using seven NSA tools instead of two.
The worm’s existence first came to light on Wednesday, after it infected the SMB honeypot of Miroslav Stampar, member of the Croatian Government CERT, and creator of the sqlmap tool used for detecting and exploiting SQL injection flaws.
As a worm, EternalRocks is far less dangerous than WannaCry’s worm component, as it currently does not deliver any malicious content. This, however, does not mean that EternalRocks is less complex. According to Stampar, it’s actually the opposite.
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