looks like the world is being attacked by a very serious Ransomware virus.

so far UK, US, China, Russia, Spain and many more data's being hold to Ransom. its called WannaCry. and affects windows computers.

The infections seem to be deployed via a worm - a program that spreads by itself between computers.

Most other malicious programmes rely on humans to spread by tricking them into clicking on an attachment harbouring the attack code.

By contrast, once WannaCry is inside an organisation it will hunt down vulnerable machines and infect them too.

Some experts say the attack may have been built to exploit a weakness in Microsoft systems that had been identified by the NSA and given the name EternalBlue.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39901382

 

[Jayro]

kind of is and isnt. its when an organization like NHS which is hit by makes it sad. and people life are on the line.

Trust me, Hospitals are NOT hurting for money... They charge you $800 for a $2 bag of salt water going into your arm.

 

[hobbledehoy899]

Trust me, Hospitals are NOT hurting for money... They charge you $800 for a $2 bag of salt water going into your arm.

Nobody's received the keys yet, that's the issue.

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[Originality]

Ah yes, nothing says quality like an OS that crashes with a BSOD every ten minutes and corrupts the MBR on an hard drive. Classic Microsoft.

To be fair, I used it for 2-3 years without any such problems. I'm not saying it was a good OS, just that the problems people experienced were not universal.

OT, seems the Worm has temporarily stopped thanks to some random guy registering an unused domain that acted as a kill switch for the worm.

 

[smileyhead]

GG.

 

[EthanAddict]

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GG.

eww windows

 

[smileyhead]

eww windows

I'd prefer Linux as well, but I want to game properly.

 

[EthanAddict]

I'd prefer Linux as well, but I want to game properly.

Linux + Steam + Wine?

 

[smileyhead]

Linux + Steam + Wine?

Wine's compatibility is garbage, and it reduces performance as well. (notice how I said I was to game properly)
also, not many Steam games have Linux-compatibility.

 

[EthanAddict]

Wine's compatibility is garbage, and it reduces performance as well. (notice how I said I was to game properly)
also, not many Steam games have Linux-compatibility.

For me, Wine runs better than Windows...

 

[hobbledehoy899]

I'd like to think that gaming is secondary to avoiding rampant ransomware... I guess some people truly are addicted...

 

[EthanAddict]

I'd like to think that gaming is secondary to avoiding rampant ransomware... I guess some people truly are addicted...

Linuks haz betar gaymz

 

[Bonestorm]

*hugs Mac*

 

[hobbledehoy899]

Linuks haz betar gaymz

tbh I've actually been more PC games since I've switched to Linux Mint.

*hugs Mac*

I mean, it does share some POSIX compatibility and has a Bourne Again Shell by default.

 

[Slattz]

So, apparently the malware had a killswitch hardcoded (by checking if a domain was active or not). Someone unintentionally registered said domain

So it's stopped the malware for the mean time but the creator could always just change the domain it checks in the code and then it'll start up again.
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And Windows apparently released an update for XP too. Best get the patches while you can lol

 

[smileyhead]

And Windows apparently released an update for XP too. Best get the patches while you can lol

ooh, nice. I didn't think they gave a shit about customers running <Windows 7.

 

[KevinX8]

They just have to learn to not run random .exe from emails. The problem is that Windows does exactly what the users tell it to do. Run malicious .exe? sure, let's spread the virus now!

This is a worm, you do not have to run anything to get infected. All you have to do is be on the same network as an infected pc and you will also become infected with the ransomware. This vulnerability extends to all versions of windows and has only been recently patched by Microsoft so if your system is not upto date you are vulnerable to this attack.

 

[Bubsy Bobcat]

Good thing I switched to Linux. This new ransomware makes me WannaCry with laughter.

 

[Kingy]

Looks like I'm not touching my Windows install for a bit. Arch Linux, I'm back!

 

[smileyhead]

Looks like I'm not touching my Windows install for a bit. Arch Linux, I'm back!

just install the updates. if you're already infected, there's nothing you can do anyway.

 

[hobbledehoy899]

if you're already infected, there's nothing you can do anyway.

Just more reasons for him to stay on Arch Linux.