*** The Security News Thread ***

[harrybarracuda]

[harrybarracuda]

Ooops...

[Dragonfly]

I am safe, I am running WinXP

and I don't open DOC files from strangers

fucking awesome !!!

[Neo]

The ransomware appears to be one of several tools belonging to the National Security Agency (NSA) that a hacking group known as The Shadow Brokers has been leaking to the web over the past several months. According to an Arstechnica report last month, The Shadow Brokers leaked around a gigabyte worth of weaponized software exploits, including one that targeted most versions of Windows.

This particular ransomware is called WCry. It's also been called several other names, including WannaCry, WannaCryptor, WannaCrypt, and Wana Decryptor. They're all the same and reference version 2.0 of WCry, BleepingComputer reports.
As the day has gone on, WCry has spread to the U.K. and other parts of the world. Earlier in the day a researcher for Kaspersky Lab noted 45,000 attacks in 74 countries, and said that WCry's list of victims was "growing fast."

There is a live map at MalwareTech that shows WCry spreading to victims in real time. According to Avast security researcher Jakub Kroustek, WCry has claimed over 57,000 PCs in just a few hours, some of the first of which were Spanish companies, such as utility outfits Telefonica, Gas Natural, and Iberdrola.

Forbes says victims have been asked to cough up $300 to remove the infection and decrypt their files. Otherwise, their data remains encrypted and inaccessible. On top of that, victims are being told that after 7 days, their files will be lost forever if the ransom is not paid.

The ransomware is said to have initially spread through spam containing fake invoices, job offers, and other attempts aimed at random email addresses. However, it's also been able to spread through the worm-like EternalBlue exploit.

[harrybarracuda]

So then, if you want to be safe from this little bastard:

- Do a Windows Update. Keep doing it until there are more to apply (Microsoft patched this in March).

Having said that, researchers found that, in this particular malware, if a certain domain was available to respond, WannaCry ceases activity, so they registered that domain and the attacks are now subsiding.

So you probably have time to do the patching before some other bright spark issues a newer variant - don't waste it.

[Latindancer]

Am I ok using Vista ? I cannot update any more....

[bsnub]

Am I ok using Vista

Nope.

[Dragonfly]

So then, if you want to be safe from this little bastard:

- Do a Windows Update. Keep doing it until there are more to apply (Microsoft patched this in March).

Having said that, researchers found that, in this particular malware, if a certain domain was available to respond, WannaCry ceases activity, so they registered that domain and the attacks are now subsiding.

So you probably have time to do the patching before some other bright spark issues a newer variant - don't waste it.

don't listen to this non-sense from Harry,

Turn off Windows Update, these 0d attacks feeds on Windows Update latest patch by MS

Downgrade Windows by 2 versions, and you will be safe for a long time, there are no new features that are useful in Windows 7 or Win10, it's only gay shit for stupid users

alternativetly, buy an iMac

[Dragonfly]

Am I ok using Vista ? I cannot update any more....

downgrade to WinXP and you will be fine, VISTA was a POS with gay icons on the desktop, didn't do anything better

[Latindancer]

I believe Vista is essentially the same as XP. And though it had a bad rep at first, after it was tweaked it was a stable platform.....which I have proved for the last 4 years by using it.

And my icons are fine.

[bsnub]

I believe Vista is essentially the same as XP.

[Dragonfly]

I believe Vista is essentially the same as XP

WRONG !!! again

completely different platform, actually Win7 is closer to Vista than XP

[Dragonfly]

Ooops...

what happened harry, did they got you too ?

[Passing Through]

Install a version of Linux and if for some reason you have a pressing need to use a Windows application, just run a virtual machine.

[Latindancer]

I believe Vista is essentially the same as XP.

Hey, I don't claim to know anything much about computers. Sheesh...

[bsnub]

^ You have mail...

[harrybarracuda]

So then, if you want to be safe from this little bastard:

- Do a Windows Update. Keep doing it until there are more to apply (Microsoft patched this in March).

Having said that, researchers found that, in this particular malware, if a certain domain was available to respond, WannaCry ceases activity, so they registered that domain and the attacks are now subsiding.

So you probably have time to do the patching before some other bright spark issues a newer variant - don't waste it.

don't listen to this non-sense from Harry,

Turn off Windows Update, these 0d attacks feeds on Windows Update latest patch by MS

Downgrade Windows by 2 versions, and you will be safe for a long time, there are no new features that are useful in Windows 7 or Win10, it's only gay shit for stupid users

alternativetly, buy an iMac

Fuck off you stupid queer troll.

[harrybarracuda]

Am I ok using Vista ? I cannot update any more....

downgrade to WinXP and you will be fine, VISTA was a POS with gay icons on the desktop, didn't do anything better

....And Fuck off you stupid queer troll.

Maybe you can fix it with regedit eh, you fucking moron.

[harrybarracuda]

Install a version of Linux and if for some reason you have a pressing need to use a Windows application, just run a virtual machine.

Yeah pretty fucking stupid advice, since most people using Windows are either using it for a reason or they're just a fucktard like Buttplug.

Having said that, I cannot see the attraction of Vista, it was as slow as shit and painful to watch.

This exploit is all about legacy, Microsoft trying to keep SMB 1.0 support for cunts that can't be arsed to spend the money to upgrade.

So I hope all those c u n t s got encrypted, and hopefully now they'll dump the shit and move onto something a but more secure.

Apart from Buttplug, he's just a dumb c u n t, and I couldn't give a fuck what happens to the fat queer troll.

[harrybarracuda]

Ooops...

what happened harry, did they got you too ?

"did they got you too"?

Learn how to speak English, you stupid fat queer troll.

[harrybarracuda]

Am I ok using Vista ? I cannot update any more....

I have seen several references to Microsoft releasing an emergency patch for Vista and XP, but I have yet to see a link that works.

Maybe thick c u n t s like Buttplug are desperately trying to get it and jamming the site up.


Added: It's your lucky day, the Vista patch is up:

http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/...16a85c745c.msu


https://www.manageengine.com/product...12598-x86.html

[Passing Through]

most people using Windows are either using it for a reason or they're just a fucktard like Buttplug.

If 'fucktard like Buttplug' means average consumer who knows little about computers and is too scared to try something new, then yes, you're right. Most people use Windows because they don't know that there is an alternative or think that you need to be some kind of black belt hacker to use a Linux system.

[harrybarracuda]

most people using Windows are either using it for a reason or they're just a fucktard like Buttplug.

If 'fucktard like Buttplug' means average consumer who knows little about computers and is too scared to try something new, then yes, you're right. Most people use Windows because they don't know that there is an alternative or think that you need to be some kind of black belt hacker to use a Linux system.

Most people use Windows because it has by far the widest selection of software and compatible hardware.

If Linux was the number one OS, you'd be sat here in the middle a Linux ransomware attack telling everyone to switch to Windows.

There is nothing to stop you opening a "Use Linux instead of Windows" thread. Fuck, how hard is it to use Rufus to burn a bootable Linux ISO and give it a try without even wiping Windows?

If you are that confident that you are right, it should be a great success.

And no, inexperienced computer user is not the same as "fucktard like Buttplug", that gallic poof is very special needs, as you may have deduced.

[harrybarracuda]

This may take a few refreshes to load, but it has patches for legacy OS's.


http://www.catalog.update.microsoft....px?q=KB4012598

[Dragonfly]

This may take a few refreshes to load, but it has patches for legacy OS's.


http://www.catalog.update.microsoft....px?q=KB4012598

thank you love,

how is your ass this morning ? hurting a bit with that 0d ?