Linux users are being urged to update their systems following the discovery of a vulnerability in the Samba server service, according to tech hacker Alex Campbell. I checked my own Synology device (DS416j), which was updated to fix the vulnerability on May 25. He revealed the flaw had been dubbed SambaCry, 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. The bug was discovered on Monday evening when security researcher Brian Krebs noticed that his own computer appeared to be infected with the malware.
Linux users are being urged to update their systems following the discovery of a vulnerability in the Samba server service, according to tech hacker Alex Campbell. He revealed the flaw had been dubbed SambaCry, 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. The bug was discovered on Monday evening when security researcher Brian Krebs noticed that his own computer appeared to be infected with the malware.