05-28-2017, 01:46 PM
barq- you nailed it, in terms legacy OS/software is still used in many government places schools, hospitals, factories etc.
Since it costs thousands to get upgrades and as you said in many cases its actually issue with original manufacturer since software was designed long time ago in many cases its easier to use old system then do upgrades that cost millions.
Even thou this attack was blown out of proportion it was actually stopped within same day,and once news got out many places integrated security measures.
Such attacks will be more frequent in future given ransom used is almost impossible to track, as far as security goes many times its usually long before its exploited that its noticed,not to mention all the 0 day attacks that are discovered,given in most cases many companies have to rely on good will of those that find them to report, and in most cases they are not even compensated, which given skills not many companies opt in for paying for their mistakes.
Since it costs thousands to get upgrades and as you said in many cases its actually issue with original manufacturer since software was designed long time ago in many cases its easier to use old system then do upgrades that cost millions.
Even thou this attack was blown out of proportion it was actually stopped within same day,and once news got out many places integrated security measures.
Such attacks will be more frequent in future given ransom used is almost impossible to track, as far as security goes many times its usually long before its exploited that its noticed,not to mention all the 0 day attacks that are discovered,given in most cases many companies have to rely on good will of those that find them to report, and in most cases they are not even compensated, which given skills not many companies opt in for paying for their mistakes.