Global Ransomware Attack

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Originally Posted by johntins

.... No machine of mine runs in Admin mode. It's crazy to do it any other way. And MacOS 10.12 is WAY more secure than Windows.

I have Ubuntu Linux here on an emulator. Guess I'll go and learn it.

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I had Ubuntu on an old laptop with a failed HDD for the kids to play with when they were really young.
They didn't like it too much coz it did have 'their games'.
While I have no doubt that they could easily have got some games on Ubuntu, they couldn't get Kodi, Or Kodu or something.
It's a bit of a learning game, that you build, using simple point and click features.
It's a M$ developed game for kid to learn to build games, and get them interested. Dunno know, but at the time, it was Win only, and that's one of the things they were learning at primary school .. so in essence it was 'their game'.

I'm not so convinced that Admin mode is really the threat that people make it out to be.
You can stay in a user login, but for many processes to happen, eg. install a driver, or a downloaded program etc, you still need to input a password... which is really just a way to get 'admin' login to install it.
Doing that is just entering into an admin mode, without having to log out of user mode and into a proper admin mode.

With social engineering, you just tell folks that the PDF is for 'your eyes only' kind of B$ .. and they just input the password for admin mode.
Make the dialogue box so that it offers them some kind of prize, they forget or ignore the fact that they're entering into an admin mode .. install the virus/trojan .. no amount of patching can stop social engineering of that order.

People don't care about security until after it happens, and even then they really still don't care about it a few hours after a tech gets them a computer device up and running again!

I agree tho that in a corporate environment, especially one as big as Cadbury a few days back .. simply no excuse as to why they got the ransomware attack, and bad luck to them!
Hopefully free chocolates coming our way soon if they can't get their invoices out to the relevant businesses! :D

ps. I have a Ubuntu computer by accident. The NAS I got a short while back(QNAP) offers a desktop environment with it. So a PC in the lounge on the TV(if needed).
So I could be safe from this malware too. [bigwhistle]

if linux was any good, it would be popular by now...

disclaimer: i do work on linux servers.

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Originally Posted by AK83

The main issue with Linux is software. While it's great that there's almost certain to be an alternative program for whatever Windows program is the preference .. it's not the same thing as having the program you prefer to use.

for me it's OziExplorer, some image editing software and a few other tidbits.
Until software devs realise this and cater to alternative OSes, nothing will change.

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There is no software you cant run on an alternate OS...

There are methods of running OziExplorer on Linux, and quite successful...

I dont play games on the computer, but have run simulators that are microsoft only and used OziExplorer(in the past now) on Linux connected to a Garmin GPS... It worked well...

I was mapping soil profiles onto a Linux app and using the GPS, but I cant remember the app I was using...

Most of the issues using alternate OS software, requires reading and finding the solutions unless you find Linux software that suits your purpose...

The one thing about Ubuntu is, the security is simplified for the end user without being an open security system and no complicated method for using it....

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Originally Posted by Eevo

if linux was any good, it would be popular by now...

disclaimer: i do work on linux servers.

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It is very popular, just not advertised, thus people dont know...

Plus computer shops dont sell it so dont promote it...

Comes down to how nieve people are...

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Originally Posted by Wraithe

It is very popular, just not advertised, thus people dont know...

Plus computer shops dont sell it so dont promote it...

Comes down to how nieve people are...

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windows holds 90% of the desktop market.


android is based on linux yes, but mobile phones are one of the most insecure devices on the planet.

[QUOTE=Wraithe;2689727
Comes down to how nieve people are...[/QUOTE]


wow,,

You obviously know,,
and just because they dont know what you know about computers,,
makes them naive?
uninformed maybe...

I didnt know squat about fuel trims till a nice person helped me,,
pay it forward [smilebigeye],,

The company I work for are hoping to have some pc's back on line today....we have 2500 pc's affected worldwide.

No sure how many affected in aus but 100% of our pc's have been unplugged from the network.....waiting for the fix to be rolled out

This virus is an old fashioned deleter as well as encryption type and the good guys have also taken over the email address that told them who paid what...

Fun Fun Fun

Most of the bot armies are compromised linux boxes..

Any delusion that your safer running an out of the box version of Linux is exactly that.

Most of the time people simply don't know they are being used because the box still appears to be fine from the desktop...

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Originally Posted by incisor

This virus is an old fashioned deleter as well as encryption type and the good guys have also taken over the email address that told them who paid what...

Fun Fun Fun

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Apparently money is an afterthought with sloppy implementation of payment procedures. Destruction of info is the main aim.