I know that LLMNR is the "new version" of NetBIOS and both of them are basically for resolving names to IP addresses I also know some exploits based on them, like a MiTM attack that the attacker sends a malicious response to the victim when the victim asks the IP address of a machine But I don't understand their rules in the wannacry attack? I have a PCAP capture file that I am assuming is doing the WannaCry attack, and In a [video][1] I was watching the guy says if you see a lot of llmnr in a capture its a red flag for eternal blue/wannacry And indeed in this capture there is a LOT of LLMNR and NetBIOS packets(NBNS), and NetworkMiner says it suspects the eternal blue exploit as well and points to these NBNS packets, but I cant understand the content of them I see a lot Name Query NB WPAD, Refresh NB and registration NB also all of the llmnr packets are standard query "a hex number" A or something similar (like A wpad, ANY "a VM name", A isatap) but I don't understand what they are doing? can someone ELI5 what is their role in the attack without getting into too much detail? I watched a lot of videos regarding this but non of them really answered this **Basically What I'm asking is this:** How these two protocols are used in the WannaCry attack? why there are a lot of these packets in a pcap file of a network that was attacked by WannaCry? (I did watch a lot of videos and articles about this attack and about these protocols but i still dont get the connection!) [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4jrLNuHneg