Given that people were apparently paying, I imagine that will change....Quote:
Originally Posted by d@rk51d3
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Given that people were apparently paying, I imagine that will change....Quote:
Originally Posted by d@rk51d3
The last line I agree entirely - which is why these bot armies work.Quote:
Originally Posted by incisor
One suggestion i have heard is that the whole ransomware slant is a cover for a state (or quasi state) operator. In the aftermath of the last one, certain to gain headlines round the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by johntins
here is another in the news re compromised linux boxes ...Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
Botnet builder gets almost four years in prison - Security - iTnews
there are a few more coming to face the music over the next few months...
10's of thousands of them have been shutdown over the last couple years and they are only touching the surface imho
and now they worked out how to inject code into android so it is going to even more interesting very shortly, google play store is getting to be a bit of a nightmare
Dvmap: the first Android malware with code injection - Securelist
time to dig out that old iphone [biggrin] [biggrin] [biggrin]
Servers not desktops!Quote:
Originally Posted by incisor
And to make you feel happier about your Android phone:-
Privacy warnings spell trouble for millions of low-cost Android phone owners | Ars Technica
"the low-cost phones sent massive amounts of personal data about the phones and their users’ activities to servers that were owned by AdUps Technologies, a China-based firmware update provider.The data sent to AdUps servers at the time included the full body of text messages, contact lists, call histories with full telephone numbers, unique device identifiers including the International Mobile Subscriber Identity and the International Mobile Equipment Identity. ...................
Representatives from Blu, meanwhile, strongly disputed claims that any of its phones collect sensitive personal information.
"The data that is currently being collected is standard for [over-the-air update] functionally and basic informational reporting," Blu Marketing Director Carmen Gonzalez wrote"
I wonder whether the data collected is standard for other Android suppliers? Actually, the company collecting the data is a third party that sells support to phone manufacturers.
How many linux desktops run samba..
im guess a fair few?Quote:
Originally Posted by incisor
Any that have to live/work on a windows-centric network, I'd say.Quote:
Originally Posted by incisor
Not mine.