The “Killer Switch”
Accidentally a “Kill Switch” was discovered. However, it doesn’t play any part in stopping this ransomware from spreading, but somehow it does stop the activation of the code which plays its role to ransom your data.
At a check-point, the WannaCry ransomware’s new variation was found. It was observed to be using a different type of kill switch domain. It uses to ping the domain and if it finds it to be unregistered, then it gets to activate the ransomware.
What is the benefit of doing so? Well, the researchers get pinged when any ransomware infects a computer. That’s the real and main benefit they get to deal with the ransomware.