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What Microsoft's software should be updated now to protect against this particular attack? Windows? Windows at the end user machines? The servers?
Could someone share a "What should I do now to protect myself" guide, please?
Thanks!
"Microsoft rolled out a patch for the vulnerability last March, but hackers took advantage of the fact that vulnerable targets — particularly hospitals — had yet to update their systems." What Microsoft's software should be updated now to protect against this particular attack? Windows? Windows at the end user machines? The servers? Could someone share a "What should I do now to protect myself" guide, please? Thanks!
> "Microsoft rolled out a patch for the vulnerability last March, but hackers took advantage of the fact that vulnerable targets — particularly hospitals — had yet to update their systems." > "The malware was circulated by email; targets were sent an encrypted, compressed file that, once loaded, allowed the ransomware to infiltrate its targets." It sounds like the basic (?) security practices recommended by professio…
> It sounds like the basic (?) security practices recommended by professionals - keep systems up-to-date, pay attention to whether an email is suspicious - would have covered your network. This is secondhand information (so take it for what it's worth, there could be pieces I'm missing), but I talked with a startup that was focusing on this problem, and the issue was not quite the computers and servers that IT were u…
Wow, this is so insane. I really don't think the NSA should be finding vulnerabilities and keeping them to themselves. I mean I get it is all to help stop the bad guys, but if you are keeping cyber weapons like this. You should be required to keep them as secure and locked as possible if you don't follow responsible disclosure. Just like how a cop would keep their weapon on them, instead of sitting it down on the tab…
I wonder how much of their efforts are deterred when good minded infosec persons find vulnerabilities and report them; remember Heart bleed.
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> It sounds like the basic (?) security practices recommended by professionals - keep systems up-to-date, pay attention to whether an email is suspicious - would have covered your network. This is secondhand information (so take it for what it's worth, there could be pieces I'm missing), but I talked with a startup that was focusing on this problem, and the issue was not quite the computers and servers that IT were u…
Why are those devices being connected to an unsecure network? Surely they should have super limited data exchange features?
Wow, this is so insane. I really don't think the NSA should be finding vulnerabilities and keeping them to themselves. I mean I get it is all to help stop the bad guys, but if you are keeping cyber weapons like this. You should be required to keep them as secure and locked as possible if you don't follow responsible disclosure. Just like how a cop would keep their weapon on them, instead of sitting it down on the tab…
As regards these cyberattacks, the NSA is at fault for its poor security allowing the weapons to become available to bad actors, but the mere existence or stockpiling of weapons is not the direct cause of crime. It might be more useful right now to consider who is operating these weapons, where they are firing them from, and how best to neutralize them.
tl;dr when you're under fire is not the time to worry about gun control.
I am in Tanzania(East Africa) and my father's computer is infected. All he did to get infected was plugging his laptop on the network at work(University of Dar Es Salaam). The laptop is next to me and my task this night is to try to remove this thing.
I would suggest that you and your father spend the evening reading up on backup practices, and reconsider the value proposition of open source software.
I hope I am not coming off as a smug jerk. My hope is that rather than becoming frustrated and demoralized after an evening of fruitless hacking, you and your uni will recover, and become resilient against future attacks.
> "Microsoft rolled out a patch for the vulnerability last March, but hackers took advantage of the fact that vulnerable targets — particularly hospitals — had yet to update their systems." > "The malware was circulated by email; targets were sent an encrypted, compressed file that, once loaded, allowed the ransomware to infiltrate its targets." It sounds like the basic (?) security practices recommended by professio…
> It sounds like the basic (?) security practices recommended by professionals - keep systems up-to-date, pay attention to whether an email is suspicious - would have covered your network. This is secondhand information (so take it for what it's worth, there could be pieces I'm missing), but I talked with a startup that was focusing on this problem, and the issue was not quite the computers and servers that IT were u…