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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by 80211 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:32PM (#14647408)
People who don't run Windows shouldn't get cocky! There are many, many attacks on Linux:

Here's one in the news from just last week. A ransomware where the victim agreed to pay the equivalent of US$1MM in bitcoin.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/web-host-agrees-to-...

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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by eeeeeeeeeeeee on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:35PM (#14647443)
Something to keep in mind. They were running:

Apache version 1.3.36 and PHP version 5.1.4

It's not like a brand new Ubuntu installation connected to the open Internet will suddenly be pwned. The owners of this company were beyond inept.

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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by duskwuff on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:40PM (#14648654)
And that was probably the tip of the iceberg with regard to their outdated software -- Apache 1.3.36 and PHP 5.1.4 are both from around 2006, so I'd bet everything else in their stack was similarly old. Failing to update anything for 10+ years will get you in trouble, regardless of what OS it's on.
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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by astrodust on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:38PM (#14647462)
Seeing Apache 1 in the wild makes me a bit nostalgic.

What kind of utter lunatic would use that for their company today?

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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by H1Supreme on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @02:30PM (#14647938)
Lord have mercy, Apache 1? That's what you get bro.
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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by Piskvorrr on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @02:12PM (#14647766)
That would be akin to running Windows XP. People running Anfient Monftrosities should not get cocky in general, attacks on old systems are only getting worse with time.
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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by schoen on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @02:22PM (#14647865)
Unicode suggestion: "Monſtroſities"
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