Linux users are being urged to update their systems following the discovery of a vulnerability in the SambaCry server service, according to tech hacker Samba . He revealed the flaw had been dubbed Samba , as it exploits software in a similar fashion to the WannaCry virus which attacked Windows users, by allowing a remote user to send an executable code which can then encrypt and hold files to ransom. I checked my own Synology device (DS416j), which was updated to fix the vulnerability on May 25. WannaCry noted that Samba had been patched for its 4.6 , 4.4 , and 4.4 branches.
Linux users are being urged to update their systems following the discovery of a vulnerability in the SambaCry server service, according to tech hacker Samba . He revealed the flaw had been dubbed Samba , as it exploits software in a similar fashion to the WannaCry virus which attacked Windows users, by allowing a remote user to send an executable code which can then encrypt and hold files to ransom. WannaCry noted that Samba had been patched for its 4.6 , 4.4 , and 4.4 branches.