Re: How does Ransom32 affect us?

From	Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: How does Ransom32 affect us?
Date	2016-03-07 10:24 +0000
Organization	terraraq NNTP server
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Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> writes:
> On 7.3.16 10:15, T wrote:
>> On 03/06/2016 11:53 PM, Tauno Voipio wrote:
>>> Camoon ...
>>>
>>> Javascript is a different beast from Java.
>>>
>>> Javascript is the internal scripting language of the
>>> Web browsers, and it is already used for all kinds
>>> of fuzzed code to surprise the users.
>>>
>>> Java is a programming language, which is interpreted
>>> from an intermediate virtual machine code.
>>
>> So, would Linux be immune to this virus?
>
> I'd like to see a piece of Javascript which is able
> to write a file, be it Linux, Windows, OS X or whatever.

Your wish is granted, since that’s what NW.js, the framework used by
(and shipped with) the virus, provides.

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http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/

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How does Ransom32 affect us? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-06 18:26 -0800
  Re: How does Ransom32 affect us? Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2016-03-07 09:53 +0200
    Re: How does Ransom32 affect us? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-07 00:15 -0800
      Re: How does Ransom32 affect us? Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2016-03-07 10:18 +0200
        Re: How does Ransom32 affect us? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2016-03-07 10:24 +0000
          Re: How does Ransom32 affect us? Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2016-03-07 14:29 +0100
            Re: How does Ransom32 affect us? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-07 13:54 +0000
  Re: How does Ransom32 affect us? Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2016-03-07 13:14 +0000
  Re: How does Ransom32 affect us? Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2016-03-07 14:31 +0000
  Re: How does Ransom32 affect us? "David H. Lipman" <dlipman~nospam~@verizon.net> - 2016-03-07 10:10 -0500

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