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You are correct, the Krebs article I cited does not say that. But it's my strong hunch. There was much discussion of the poor state of Baltimore's IT infra (s
by blendo 7y ago
You are correct, the Krebs article I cited does not say that. But it's my strong hunch.
There was much discussion of the poor state of Baltimore's IT infra (see https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2019/05/21/baltimores-out-of-date-and-underfunded-it-system-was-ripe-for-a-ransomware-attack/ https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2019/05/21/baltimores-out-of-d...), and at the same time Microsoft released a patch for an RDS flaw (CVE-2019-0708, https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/05/14/prevent-a-worm-by-updating-remote-desktop-services-cve-2019-0708/ https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/05/14/prevent-a-worm-by...) which says "Vulnerable in-support systems include Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008. Downloads for in-support versions of Windows can be found in the Microsoft Security Update Guide. Customers who use an in-support version of Windows and have automatic updates enabled are automatically protected. "
So unpatched servers are where I'm laying my money.