[–] derram 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
74 countries hit by NSA-powered WannaCrypt ransomware backdoor: Emergency fixes emitted by Microsoft for WinXP+ • The Register
"It also scans the infected system's settings to work out the user's language, and pulls up a ransom demand in the correct lingo for the victim."
'"Today our engineers added detection and protection against new malicious software known as Ransom:Win32.WannaCrypt," a Microsoft spokesperson told The Reg. ', "To counter the spread of the malware, security firms pushed out file and network traffic signatures to detect the ransomware-worm hybrid's presence and kill it.", "Connections to the magic domain – iuqerfsodp9ifjaposdfjhgosurijfaewrwergwea.com – were sinkholed to a server in California, and the admins of the infected systems reaching out to the dot-com will be notified, we're told."
'FedEx told The Reg: "Like many other companies, FedEx is experiencing interference with some of our Windows-based systems caused by malware. '
[–] alalzia 1 point 7 points 8 points (+8|-1) ago
My sympathies to all IT departments that now run like crazy to fix shit because incompetent employees opened infected email attachments . I hope the board of directors in the affected businesses and public services will see the light and drop Windows.
[–] OriginalReaper 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
They will find the cheapest fix. Changing an OS and retraining staff is high up there. Weekly or monthly and maybe even annual backups make more sense
[–] jcal22x 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
This is hitting the company I work for right now. Our servers stretch from Canada to Chile. All of South America has been compromised, and it's starting to show up on the North American computers while IT has been working on pushing patches out all night.
[–] jerkwad152 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
It occurs to me that the NSA hacking tool leak could be a really good thing. Being out in the open, it forces M$ to release fixes, and thereby makes it harder for the NSA to fuck with people.
[–] Pawn 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
they shouldn't but embarrassingly the military uses xp on so much stuff and has bought support packs from micro dollar.
https://www.cyberscoop.com/windows-xp-us-government-duo-security-october-2016/
the ruskies and chinese dont trust ms and use linux.
[–] 9093691? [S] 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
This patch probably also comes with Microsoft spyware included. Don't be surprised that Microsoft is using this ransomware to force windows 10 onto you.
[–] Mr_YUP 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Idk be shocked if they did that. There's no way xp machines could run 10
[–] tribblepuncher 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
Microsoft: "Only one way to find out!"
[–] skidmark-steve 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
I wouldn't put it past 'em at this point. Remember the underhanded tactics that they used to spread Windows 10, and remember how, near the end, the guy who works for MS even said that they crossed the line? Its kind of like a kid bragging when he breaks the rules and doesn't get in trouble because the teacher favors him. The government wants data about us as much as Microsoft does, so they looked the other way while all of this was going on.