looks like the world is being attacked by a very serious Ransomware virus.

so far UK, US, China, Russia, Spain and many more data's being hold to Ransom. its called WannaCry. and affects windows computers.

The infections seem to be deployed via a worm - a program that spreads by itself between computers.

Most other malicious programmes rely on humans to spread by tricking them into clicking on an attachment harbouring the attack code.

By contrast, once WannaCry is inside an organisation it will hunt down vulnerable machines and infect them too.

Some experts say the attack may have been built to exploit a weakness in Microsoft systems that had been identified by the NSA and given the name EternalBlue.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39901382

 

[BullyWiiPlaza]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_user

I was reading that but the point is technological understanding with the product hence why they get paid for working with it. Real end users are not necessarily skillful enough.

 

[GerbilSoft]

I was reading that but the point is technological understanding with the product hence why they get paid for working with it. Real end users are not necessarily skillful enough.

I take it you haven't read /r/talesfromtechsupport enough to realize the "technological understanding" of the average office worker. Here's a sample.

 

[BullyWiiPlaza]

I take it you haven't read /r/talesfromtechsupport enough to realize the "technological understanding" of the average office worker.

It is low but I referred to end users as private home users like the people on this site in contrast to "professional" environments such as companies.

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

It is low but I referred to end users as private home users like the people on this site in contrast to "professional" environments such as companies.

These users are even dumber that people in companies, trust me. The average GBATemp Windows user is certainly way more tech-savvy than the average Windows user.

 

[BullyWiiPlaza]

These users are even dumber that people in companies, trust me. The average GBATemp Windows user is certainly way more tech-savvy than the average Windows user.

Of course, this is a nerdy homebrew modding site. It barely gets more casually tech-savy

 

[DeslotlCL]

pc? what's that? Since smartphones were released i hardly touch computers since i can do what i need on a much fancy looking and portable device...

 

[VinsCool]

Something that bothers me. It's said that it installs itself in the MBR (that no one hardly ever use anymore). So technically, a GPT HDD won't get affected? Is that correct?

 

[GerbilSoft]

pc? what's that? Since smartphones were released i hardly touch computers since i can do what i need on a much fancy looking and portable device...

You obviously don't do any real work. Good luck trying to do something as simple as copying files between two flash drives on a phone without a convoluted mess of wires and hubs. (Copying to the phone and then to another drive is a waste of time and a throwback to owning a 1980s home computer with one floppy drive, but I guess that's somehow amazing and revolutionary now because it's done with "apps".)

Something that bothers me. It's said that it installs itself in the MBR (that no one hardly ever use anymore). So technically, a GPT HDD won't get affected? Is that correct?

I don't know why people claim no one uses MBR anymore. It's still in widespread use on removable media, e.g. SD cards and flash drives.

Assuming the ransomware doesn't bother to check before it writes to the drive, it will overwrite the MBR boot code as well as the primary GPT. The GPT is checksummed, so UEFI will go to the secondary GPT located at the end of the disk. In addition, the MBR boot code is not used with UEFI; the OS kernel is loaded from the system partition.

 

[DeslotlCL]

You obviously don't do any real work. Good luck trying to do something as simple as copying files between two flash drives on a phone without a convoluted mess of wires and hubs. (Copying to the phone and then to another drive is a waste of time and a throwback to owning a 1980s home computer with one floppy drive, but I guess that's somehow amazing and revolutionary now because it's done with "apps".)

I don't know why people claim no one uses MBR anymore. It's still in widespread use on removable media, e.g. SD cards and flash drives.

Assuming the ransomware doesn't bother to check before it writes to the drive, it will overwrite the MBR boot code as well as the primary GPT. The GPT is checksummed, so UEFI will go to the secondary GPT located at the end of the disk. In addition, the MBR boot code is not used with UEFI; the OS kernel is loaded from the system partition.

I'm a student. What i only need is word and excel and i'm fine to go.

Gaming on pc? meh, have a ps4, a 3ds and in a year or two will get a switch. Programing? lol no. Copying files? Huh, cloud services exist for a reason, if i ever need to use something on a bigger screen i just transfer over the cloud. So, as you can see, i don't need a big machine for simple tasks, even if it is university works, it is still real work.

 

[GerbilSoft]

Copying files? Huh, cloud services exist for a reason, if i ever need to use something on a bigger screen i just transfer over the cloud.

Because it's so convenient to use a cloud service to upload multiple gigabytes worth of files over a slow 10 Mbps link, then redownload it to another system, than it is to use a local storage device. Never mind the fact that you basically grant the cloud storage host full access to your files so they can do whatever they want with it.

 

[DeslotlCL]

Because it's so convenient to use a cloud service to upload multiple gigabytes worth of files over a slow 10 Mbps link, then redownload it to another system, than it is to use a local storage device. Never mind the fact that you basically grant the cloud storage host full access to your files so they can do whatever they want with it.

Gotta love how you assumed i transfer big files without mentioning it. No wonder why people over here start flaming at each others because no one bothers to read a post correctly.

 

[Vipera]

This is very worrysome. Even if someone doesn't use Windows or a PC at all, many things we rely to every day rely on those machines, like hospitals :/

 

[GerbilSoft]

This is very worrysome. Even if someone doesn't use Windows or a PC at all, many things we rely to every day rely on those machines, like hospitals :/

Well, you said yourself that "Linux is Open Source, meaning that anybody can exploit it. Also, if shit goes down, you have to wait for the people who treat it as a hobby to fix it, rather than MacOS and Windows that have two huge companies that will fix any critical bug ASAP.", so what are you worried about?

 

[Vipera]

Well, you said yourself that "Linux is Open Source, meaning that anybody can exploit it. Also, if shit goes down, you have to wait for the people who treat it as a hobby to fix it, rather than MacOS and Windows that have two huge companies that will fix any critical bug ASAP.", so what are you worried about?

Thank you, I thought I could say my own opinion in a forum but you reminded me it's completely one-sided. Thanks again!

 

[GerbilSoft]

Thank you, I thought I could say my own opinion in a forum but you reminded me it's completely one-sided. Thanks again!

I wasn't aware that quoting your own words made it "one-sided". You previously said that Windows has a huge company that "will fix any critical bug ASAP", so this ransomware shouldn't be worrisome.

 

[Vipera]

I wasn't aware that quoting your own words made it "one-sided". You previously said that Windows has a huge company that "will fix any critical bug ASAP", so this ransomware shouldn't be worrisome.

ASAP =/= immediately. Or are you participating in this thread just to be a dick to everyone?

 

[Deleted User]

Thank you, I thought I could say my own opinion in a forum but you reminded me it's completely one-sided. Thanks again!

He was just quoting you, no need to get your panties in a twist.

 

[Legendaykai]

I hate windows 10 it's to simplistic and has too many apps, so windows 7 does the job for me.

 

[smileyhead]

I hate windows 10 it's to simplistic and has too many apps, so windows 7 does the job for me.

Nice necrobump.

 

[Taleweaver]

I hate windows 10 it's to simplistic and has too many apps, so windows 7 does the job for me.

... You bump a three year old thread to show your ignorance? Yyyyyeeeaahhhh...

I can't remember if I told my story in this thread, but my company was hit pretty hard. Not directly (wannacry was neutralized by a killswitch after some weeks), but it still copied itself quite aggressively on our older thin clients. And because these things are hard to modify, getting rid of it was like playing wack a mole.

There were two important consequences : we found the behavior on our clients that were on a sister company's network (a major one, though I'm sure it never went to the press). As a courtesy, we informed them. But instead of taking actions, they acted as if it came from our network (which was not only false but also ridiculous:at that time we already localized it to strictly in that area segment. But instead of acting mature, they insinuated we should know which pc's were out there - which we couldn't because they weren't ours - and fix them as well).
It ultimately ended with the 'agreement' that we'd put our own network in all the areas. More expensive, but if wannacry was still active at that time it would've been a major disaster for both our companies.

The other consequence was that we ended up going with a different model thin client that had Linux as os. Also more expensive (the hardware, that is), but kso something we couldn't risk.

... So when I see a random guy claim he'll stick to an older windows because he hates the new one, I just nod my head. Yeah... You go, buddy.
EDIT: the above should be:

...So when I see a random girl claim she'll stick to an older windows because she hates the new one, I just nod my head. Yeah...you go, girl.

*slow claps*