Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global
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#2> with WannaCry it was alleged a nation state was likely responsible for spreading the malware: North Korea
Is there any evidence for this? Looks like another fake rumor.
Re: Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global
#3> with WannaCry it was alleged a nation state was likely responsible for spreading the malware: North Korea Is there any evidence for this? Looks like another fake rumor.
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#4> with WannaCry it was alleged a nation state was likely responsible for spreading the malware: North Korea Is there any evidence for this? Looks like another fake rumor.
there are claims that it came from the Lazarus group...
Re: Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global
#5store important stuff on external hard drives
never download suspicious stuff specially from emails
Re: Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global
#6store important stuff on external hard drives never download suspicious stuff specially from emails
That's not enough anymore: good ransomware will look for backup systems and wipe those out before proceeding. You need read-only, airgapped backups before you can consider yourself safe.
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#7This isn't yet the cyberattack "the world isn't ready for" (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/technology/ransomware-att...), is it?
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#8This isn't yet the cyberattack "the world isn't ready for" ( https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/technology/ransomware-att... ), is it?
no.
you will know when the big one hits because you won't be able to ask this question online and get an immediate answer.
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#9This isn't yet the cyberattack "the world isn't ready for" ( https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/technology/ransomware-att... ), is it?
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Re: Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global
#10store important stuff on external hard drives never download suspicious stuff specially from emails
That's not enough anymore: good ransomware will look for backup systems and wipe those out before proceeding. You need read-only, airgapped backups before you can consider yourself safe.
That doesn't help for targeted attacks, which corrupt the backups as they are being written. Not sure how to protect against that though.