Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global

Post by Kiro » Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 6:17 PM UTC

raw23 wrote: post #111

the_cat_kittles wrote: post #101

i said this before and it was met with mostly hostility, but im still wondering... bitcoin has enabled ransomware, so its a boon to crooks. what has it done for non-crooks? i dont mean conceptually (no fed! decentralized! etc. etc.), i mean since its come into being, what has it done for you personally? for me: i bought a vpn subscription, anonymously. probably not able to do that as easily without btc. but, i would…

Bitcoin is a neutral technology, think of it like cash. Buying illegal things is always done with cash but it doesn't mean we should get rid of cash altogether. Regardless even if we came to the collective decision that we wanted to get rid of bitcoin, its not feasible due to its decentralized nature.

Post by KGIII » Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 6:18 PM UTC

samstave wrote: post #188

KGIII wrote: post #152

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To be clear XP wasn't available in 1997.

Might have been 98/99, can't recall... I started at that company in 97 But it was back orifice I was thinking of.

Post by merrickread » Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 6:19 PM UTC

nothrabannosir wrote: post #191

Animats wrote: post #183

Maersk is down. Their main site says: Maersk IT systems are down We can confirm that Maersk IT systems are down across multiple sites and business units due to a cyber attack. We continue to assess the situation. The safety of our employees, our operations and customer's business is our top priority. We will update when we have more information.[1] Maersk is the largest shipping company in the world. 600 ships, with…

Great. Maybe we can finally put a price on lack of security protocol.

Post by maxander » Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 6:21 PM UTC

willstrafach wrote: post #190

catdog wrote: post #177

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They don't need to deploy 0days if the vendor (willingly or unwillingly) cooperates. Also Microsoft began to heavily spy onto Windows users as part of normal operation making it difficult to impossible to fully opt out.

I don't understand how that would be possible. Such a change would be detected and very loudly discussed, making it pretty useless. There would be very little positive gain yet a whole lot of negative blowback from doing such a thing.

Post by hypervis0r » Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 6:22 PM UTC

celticninja wrote: post #193

carvalho wrote: post #70

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It is basically WannaCry without the kill switch. It is using the same exploits (EternalBlue). Not some recent zero-day, but sloppy patching.

Do you have a source for that?