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Submission + - Thousands of servers infected with new ".lilocked" Lilu ransomware (zdnet.com)

Submitted by Merovech on Monday September 09, 2019 @11:38AM

Merovech writes: Why it should scare you:
* affects Linux servers
* so far the vector of infection / vulnerability is unknown
* you can craft a Google search to watch it spread!

Submission + - The baffling numbers that lead to catastrophe (bbc.com)

Submitted by Merovech on Tuesday May 05, 2015 @09:48AM

Merovech writes: “It was in 1999 that I first wrote about this,” comments Porquet. “I acquired the domain name 2038.org and at first it was very tongue-in-cheek. It was almost a piece of satire, a kind of an in-joke with a lot of computer boffins who say, ‘oh yes we’ll fix that in 2037’ But then I realised there are actually some issues with this.”

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