Mr. Sausages Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 People are cunts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Double post. So here's a signed photo of Dr Legg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 You can say that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 27 minutes ago, kevster said: A lot of NHS desktops are still running Win XP Some of my (daft) users on XP have been locked out and have blamed my software! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, GD4ELI said: Some of my (daft) users on XP have been locked out and have blamed my software! So you're saying they are daft for buying from you? That's one of the most self-effacing posts I've ever read on here. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 It was only a matter of time before something like this happened. Unfortunately.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I'd put good money on this not being targeted at the NHS. Someone's just weaponized one of the things in the Shadow Brokers leaks, MS17-010, and wrapped it in a worm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Tarne said: Hah. My favourite vulnerability was the SSL Heartbleed problem of a few years back. The whole PCI DSS industry was shown to be utterly useless, and yet is still around. So many billions wasted on fake security, and will continue to be wasted. It's a good racket if you can get into it. You'll have to fill me in on the leap between Heartbleed being discovered and PCI DSS being useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 15 minutes ago, P.K. said: So you're saying they are daft for buying from you? That's one of the most self-effacing posts I've ever read on here. Well done! It's free for hobby users. Only hardened pros have to pay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 10 minutes ago, HeliX said: I'd put good money on this not being targeted at the NHS. Someone's just weaponized one of the things in the Shadow Brokers leaks, MS17-010, and wrapped it in a worm. Yes, seems that's what happened. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/12/spain_ransomware_outbreak/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambon Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I have known for years his is the way it would go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 30 minutes ago, Cambon said: I have known for years his is the way it would go. Why didn't you do something about it then? Bloody terrorist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 11 hours ago, kevster said: A lot of NHS desktops are still running Win XP and win. 98 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesypeas Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Our business is a having 'issues' communicating with a IOM Govt by email. Started yesterday afternoon. Whether it's related, not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 MS have released a patch for Windows XP fixing the vulnaribility, although it has been out of support since 2014. In my experience, UK Central Government was particularly bad at keeping OS up to date. There was a culture of testing every patch extensively in a sandpit environment before applying it to live systems, and complete regression testing of all applications for a new OS release. All very gold standard, but not if it means your OS goes out of support and as a result you aren't automatically receiving security fixes, not so good. I didn't work in the NHS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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