This is were WINE comes handy /s
WannaCry: Platinium
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=18249
No maintainers yet. Any volunteers?
WannaCry is believed to use the EternalBlue exploit, which was developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA)to attack computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Hehe
… and yet some of the same people will readily copy-paste random shell scripts into their terminal without fully understanding them.
…so, never put things in the terminal?
In fact, you should delete the terminal altogether. On a related note, powershell access is considered taboo in corporate environments by IT departments. When security audits are done, you lose a point if powershell can be used. It is in fact considered a hacking tool.
Wine automatically running:
A friend of mine once downloaded something malicious to his Linux machine and wasn’t worried about it. Then some time later, while browsing his files from a Windows machine, saw it and was like, “hey, what’s this?” Oops.
He’s a tech savvy guy, so I’m guessing the fact he had downloaded it himself really let his guard down.
That’s why you don’t store your stool samples in the same fridge as your chocolate pudding. Malware goes into the vault.
