BREAKING- Massive Cyber Attack
I'm working right now so I can't make this as detailed as I would like, but there is a massive cyber attack happening in Russia and it's satellite countries, but it is looking to be the beginning as it could quickly spread around the globe.
This is very similar to the previous attacks as it seems to encrypt the files on a computer and asks for Bitcoin to unencrypt it
Anyone could get hit with this type of ransomware. Everyone make sure you keep current backups. And keep them offline. Ransomware can also connect to network drives and encrypt files on shared folders.
Thanks for the great advice. You sound like a wise man.
wazza backup?
Resteemed
keep a fresh backup offline as stated above. Factory reset that B if you get this msg pproblem solved
Maybe a working solution or an useful advice shared from my friend Jure Pirc -
the creator of LanaCoin https://blog.kaspersky.com/petya-decryptor/11819/
damn...why did I just click that link...lol...I can be such an idiot sometimes.
No harm...no foul @embat but yeah...that's from Aprill 11 and in my mind if it would protect us then it would be selling like proverbial hotdogs...guess it's still scaling?
~may all hatred cease...let there be peace~
Did something bad happen when you clicked the link? He he, cos anything that cries wold about viruses and then immediately asks you to click a random link always makes me paranoid, he he.
Hi there little leaf eater ~smiles~
No nothing bad happened...as far as I'm aware...not a techy though.
I totally get what you're saying though...them damnable PUPs are really screw'n the pooch these days...they're everywhere!
~be~
screw'n the pooch???? lol - that's the funniest turn of phrase I've heard all day
lol...well that was 4 hrs ago...some things just aren't meant to last...~smiles fer miles~
Enjoy your day!
I am thinking the same thing of every link I see now !!
I know eh? It's getting absolutely redonkulous! ;-)
~may all hatred cease...let there be peace~
Maybe Crowdstrike can take look at the servers to see if Russia did it.
Resteemed
I read that the ransomware petya looks like a chkdsk process
pic.twitter.com/IqwzWdlrX6
so if you don't have started a chkdsk task and this message appears, you should shut down your device immediately.
More advise:
If you think you're infected, shut down your device. When your device is turned off, no files can be crypted.
Helpful:
https://blog.kaspersky.com/new-ransomware-epidemics/17314/
Wow. This world that we live in....
This is becoming a serious problem, without getting too conspiratorial, I often wonder why there isn't a solution to this. Surely money is a motivator for creating a universal block to these attacks as much as money motivates the attackers. Is there even a will to stop it?
I feel like shutting my computer down until this wave goes through...would that even protect me?
The risk associated with getting attacked is not large enough to warrant taking stronger security measures. Companies perform cost benefit analysis and often accept a certain amount of risk (others are just plain ignorant when it comes to security). As for a universal block, that would require a fundamental changes to the TCP / IP protocol (the internet as we know it) or for software applications to have 100% security to incoming traffic neither which seem feasible in the near future.
Disconnecting your computer from the internet would protect you granted that you do not have any malicious software currently hiding on computer. Though you may need a connection to receive security patches, fixes that may arise.
You can count me among the ignorant when it comes to security. Not so ignorant as to not comprehend what you're saying here, and I do thank you for taking the time to leave a full and credible answer to my question.
Currently I've dispensed with all malware and security programs available as I've found they're more trouble than they're worth. PUPs scare me and seem to be running around chewing up anything they can...just like any cute little puppy would. ~smiles~ I know that's not why they're called PUPs.
My security consists of updating and doing regular scans with Window's defender, and it's firewall...as well as anything added on behind the scenes by my internet service provider...which at the moment is Telus Communications. Seems to be the fix for me as I've had no problems for the past two years.
I'm sure my ignorance will come back to bite me in the bytes at some point though. Perhaps AI will come up with a universal fix. We all have enough worries away from the internet.
anything that hasnt been solved yet wasnt meant to be. maybe thats vague and ridiculous but its true. cancer, government, space, whatever. without getting TOO conspiratorial, we humans have the power to accomplish anything if there is a reason for it, and we tend to. that said, there are a lot of things that are more profitable unsolved thus we are here
just dont think about it and youll be fine lol
lol...not thinking is my strong suit
This is important, resteemed.