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  1. Ransomware affecting #; another good reason to keep your  server up-to-date and patched, with regular backups
    http://qttr.at/1ut9

    Friday, 02-Jun-17 05:23:04 UTC from quitter.se
    1. See also the Fairware ransomware targeting # servers
      http://qttr.at/1utc

      Friday, 02-Jun-17 05:28:32 UTC from quitter.se
      1. @strypey Sounds like FUD. Meaningless to talk about "Linux servers" unless it's a kernel vulnerability. As for "directly eliminates the web folder" of "servers based on Linus" [sic] - has the hack who wrote this ever used a computer?

        Friday, 02-Jun-17 10:36:06 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au
        1. @mjd I would like to tell people they can be completely safe from ransomware if they're running # But it's not strictly true.

          Friday, 02-Jun-17 10:56:40 UTC from quitter.se
          1. @mjd that any vulnerability exists is good to know, no matter how trivial, for the purposes of 'undersell and over-deliver' (not vice-versa)

            Friday, 02-Jun-17 10:58:23 UTC from quitter.se
      2. @strypey In the comments the author continues: "The virus is genuinely created for Linux computers, but I am not sure what it’s source code is based on. It may primarily attack Linux PCs that have been configured to run as servers." Utter gibberish.

        Friday, 02-Jun-17 10:38:29 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au
    2. @strypey This one exploits "a flaw in the popular [sic] Magento content management system", not a flaw in # or in # So yes, the potentially dozens of Magento users should be on the alert. http://ur1.ca/qy6by

      Friday, 02-Jun-17 10:45:14 UTC from microblog.ourcoffs.org.au