Comment on Powerful Malware Disguised as Crypto Miner Infects 1M+ Windows, Linux PCs

• lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Of course there is. Unfortunately the average Linux self-hoster doesn’t have much of a clue and probably runs vulnerable Samba (even if it’s not S1). Of course it doesn’t help that Samba seems to get a vulnerability about once a week. It’s one of the most targeted pieces of network software you could run.

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  • Salamendacious@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I know that Linux is a host of OSs but generally speaking is it up to the user to keep their software up to date or is there some kind of automatic updating process?

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    • lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There are automated updates, especially for security issues, but since Linux users feel they are power users and seldom have to deal with security issues, they often disable updates and do them manually. If and when they remember. And for self-hosted software it’s worst because often they don’t even consider running updates.

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      • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This depends entirely on the distribution. The distribution I run has no automatic updates by default. I do it manually.

        I could easily set it up if I wanted to, but yeah. There is no consensus, it’s just case-by-case basis. Some do have automatic updates by default.

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      • Salamendacious@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Some day I’d like to try Linux. Another commentor on another post was telling me about Clover for old Chromebooks. The amount of variety in Linux can be intimidating.

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• aniki@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • Salamendacious@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Those machines were controlling a conveyor belt system and weren’t online. I was told the software they were running wasn’t available for other OSs. They were locked in a cabinet. That entire conveyor system is now gone so those machines are probably gone too.

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    • aniki@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      • Salamendacious@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’re going over my head now but looking at Wikipedia that looks about right. It was controlling machinery based on input from various sensors.

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  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is there actually still malware floating around out there that targets old Win9x machines? I'd think that without a population of hosts, it'd all die off and nobody is motivated to write more.

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• Toes@ani.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah windows 2000 assembly robots, too expensive to replace and too critical to not keep alive.

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  • Salamendacious@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well those were controlling a conveyor belt system that maintenance told me they bought used in the 90s.

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• micka190@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The bank I work at still has core systems running Lotus 🙃

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  • Salamendacious@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lotus 123 was outdated when I was still a kid. That’s impressive.

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