Re:Oakland Declares State of Emergency Due to Ransomware Attack
by taeric on Thursday February 16, 2023 @09:29AM
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I already said this is not unique to Windows. Such that I don't see the point of the first question. On whether those have been source of attacks, I don't have numbers. I do remember getting hacked through Office back in the day. The whole "open this document" crap college students did to each other. To that end, I fully cede this could just be a false view from my side.
I'd expect most attacks are still of the "what is your password" variety. That along with a giant shared drive that everyone just dumps everything into.
And I don't mean this as an offensive against just Microsoft. They are/were somewhat unique in the success they had with embrace/extend. That said, the blame almost as surely rests on typical "growth at all costs" mental model that is modern business.
I'd expect most attacks are still of the "what is your password" variety. That along with a giant shared drive that everyone just dumps everything into.
And I don't mean this as an offensive against just Microsoft. They are/were somewhat unique in the success they had with embrace/extend. That said, the blame almost as surely rests on typical "growth at all costs" mental model that is modern business.