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Re: [LUG] nhs cyber attack

 

On 12/05/17 17:58, Martijn Grooten wrote:

> There is no reason to believe that this kind of attack wouldn't work
> against Linux. Ransomware for Linux (servers) has long been a thing.
> 
> Though the NHS appear to be affected pretty badly, it's not targeting
> them. There are victims all around the world, with the largest number of
> them appearing to be in Russia.

I'm going to have to partially disagree with you there chief... Bad
stuff for Linux, UNIX, etc has always been a thing of course (first ever
worm was the infamous Morris one targeting BSD/UNIX) but Windows is
where all the money is. Low hanging fruit and all that.

Do you want to bet this is explicitly linked to the ShadowBrokers dumps
by any chance, and the latest Google Project Zero CVE-2017-0290? 'Cos I
do. Timing is remarkable...

I do agree that this is unlikely to be targeting the NHS though - like
most really big networks they are just a very, very easy target.

As an industry insider you're in a good place to hear titbits before
they reach mainstream, please share anything you come across!

Cheers
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