Re: Has there been in-the-wild i Series virus?

The underlying reason for  the question is that in discussions about moving away from the platform I rarely hear/see comments about the security and I wonder why not?  It seems to me like REASON #! to stay on the platform, and there should be billboards and pamphlets.   well... maybe not billboards  -  that'd be seen as a challenge by the bad guys.  Buy pamphlets.  Yes.  Pamphlets. We need pamphlets.  Handouts, brochures.  Maybe coffee mugs in every lunch room.


On 3/24/2020 4:08 PM, Steinmetz, Paul via MIDRANGE-L wrote:

Yes, HelpSystems.

https://tectrade.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/pt-when-malware-attacks-guide.pdf

Paul

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Is that from HelpSystems? The story they tell is a customer with an infected PC and a mapped drive connected to the root of the customer's IBMi.



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Target in 2014.

"When they finally scanned their IBM i server, they were shocked to find 248,095 files infected with CryptoWall, a highly destructive type of ransomware."

Paul
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