Security Leftovers: WannaCry, Windows in Linux, Windows 7, Windows 10 is Spyware
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Newly Found Malware Uses 7 NSA Hacking Tools, Where WannaCry Uses 2
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New SMB Worm Uses Seven NSA Hacking Tools. WannaCry Used Just Two
Researchers have detected a new worm that is spreading via SMB, but unlike the worm component of the WannaCry ransomware, this one is using seven NSA tools instead of two.
The worm's existence first came to light on Wednesday, after it infected the SMB honeypot of Miroslav Stampar, member of the Croatian Government CERT, and creator of the sqlmap tool used for detecting and exploiting SQL injection flaws.
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Fight ransomware by running Windows in Linux as a virtual machine
The cool thing about all this virtual storage stuff is that the entire Windows application–files, applications, the works–are contained in one file. That file can easily be backed up, archived, encrypted and stored on the cloud, copied hundreds of times, or deleted. VirtualBox can even take snapshots of the virtual drive within the application, freeing you from any hassle of backing up virtual storage files yourself.
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WannaCry ransomware hit Windows 7 the hardest [iophk: "IIRC Kaspersky found it to be 97%"
In a survey for Reuters, BitSight found that 67 per cent of infected PCs it infected were running Windows 7, despite the OS being installed on fewer than half of Windows PCs worldwide.
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Windows 10 Enterprise appears to be blatantly ignoring privacy group settings
All connections except Updates to Microsoft blocked. Still connects to a range of ad servers. Yes advertising servers. Burnett confirms that all these calls are made by Windows 10, not by any apps.
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