Security News > 2017 > July > New Linux Malware Exploits SambaCry Flaw to Silently Backdoor NAS Devices (The Hackers News)
2017-07-19 01:23
Remember SambaCry? Almost two months ago, we reported about a 7-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability in Samba networking software, allowing a hacker to remotely take full control of a vulnerable Linux and Unix machines. We dubbed the vulnerability as SambaCry, because of its similarities to the Windows SMB vulnerability exploited by the WannaCry ransomware that wreaked havoc
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