Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global

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And that was probably the tip of the iceberg with regard to their outdated software -- Apache 1.3.36 and PHP 5.1.4 are both from around 2006, so I'd bet everything else in their stack was similarly old.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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