
Black Bastard? Really?
Creative, tough...
Miscreants are reportedly exploiting the recently disclosed critical Windows Follina zero-day flaw to infect PCs with Qbot, thus aggressively expanding their reach. The bot's operators are also working with the Black Basta gang to spread ransomware in yet another partnership in the underground world of cyber-crime, it is …
Enterprises must implement new concepts like zero trust and implement stringent identity governance to know what permissions they have granted to all accounts and to watch for any changes."
Why not just ditch the Windows altogether and pressure corporations to port their tools to Linux?
Windows architecture is designed for such groups to thrive. Initially so that the services could easily spy on users, but since operatives are paid so little, they sell the secrets to the underworld.
Why not just ditch the Windows altogether and pressure corporations to port their tools to Linux?
I think the best response to that is "nailing jelly to a tree". The costs are... ludacris, and most places can't stomach that bill.
Also, try re-training users on the subtle UI changes going from windows to even a windows-skinned UI on linux.
And having to change out all the infrastructure that underpings most medium sized companies. (Active Directory, mainly, but DNS, DHCP, File sharing, etc. Even if you phase it in, it's still a huge undertaking.