This Dystopian Life, Episode #38: @sfmta_muni agents and ticket machines get ransomware, free rides for everybody.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/27/13758412/hackers-san-francisco-light-rail-system-ransomware-cybersecurity-muni …
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Replying to @dinodaizovi
I'm glad to see that
@sfmta_muni responded correctly:http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Hacked-Muni-refused-73-000-ransom-demand-10641070.php …1 reply 12 retweets 22 likes -
I love that the solution to ransomware is as simple as "we had a backup"
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Replying to @0xcharlie @dinodaizovi and
...assuming no valuable data was exfiltrated and the vuln. that allowed entry has been fixed :S
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Replying to @berendjanwever @0xcharlie and
Having fresh usable backups that are easily and quickly restored from are the real defense.
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Replying to @dinodaizovi @berendjanwever and
i.e. a focus on resilience instead of preventing any attack (every vuln is thermonuclear!).
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Replying to @dinodaizovi @0xcharlie and
against pure crypto-ransom: yes. But restoring a backup doesn't undo data theft or fix vulns.
6:34 AM - 29 Nov 2016
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