Microsoft meltdown
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| Author | Content |
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| penguinist May 13, 2017 3:52 AM EDT |
I have mixed feelings on this ranging between "it serves them right for trusting Microsoft/NSA" and "it's too bad innocent people had to suffer". |
| seatex May 13, 2017 6:36 AM EDT |
Just glad I got my friends and family on Linux, and so are they. |
| dotmatrix May 13, 2017 6:41 AM EDT |
If you want to know how the exploit works, this page is a good place to start: http://www.pwn3d.org/ It's SMB, port 445... much of it reminds me of NFS exploits. NSA shouldn't be trusted to keep citizens safe. NSA is too busy protecting the government. |
| seatex May 13, 2017 10:27 AM EDT |
'Accidental hero' finds kill switch to stop spread of ransomware cyber-attack Spread of malware curtailed by expert who simply registered a domain name for a few dollars, giving many across world time to protect against attack https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/13/accidenta... |
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