Jun 27, 2017

WIRED | June 27, 2017 | There's another 'worldwide' ransomware attack and it's spreading quickly. . . | Blogger: The world is held to ransom.. False Flag Ops conducted by NSA (TheDeepState) - global conspiracy? Or some crazy Eastern Europe hackers to make a buck? Must be Russia colluded with China to take over the world? Start of the global financial meltdown with RV/GCR?.. If it's true Eternal Blue has been developed under NSA's wings and Bitcoin is a NSA/CIA project, well... And there you have it! ".. What is the Petya ransomware? The ransomware, like the majority of strains of the malware, is said to be locking computers that are infected and encrypting files on them. "'If you see this text, then your files are no longer accessible, because they have been encrypted," screenshots of the ransomware say. They also demand 300 Bitcoin to be decrypted. At the time of writing it is believed the Petya ransomware has some similarities with the WannaCry malware that heavily hit the UK's NHS. Researchers at Symantec say they have confirmed the ransomware is using the Eternal Blue vulnerability that is believed to have been developed by the NSA.."... Ransomware spreads across Europe with firms in Ukraine, Britain and Spain shut down. Targets Merck in US. Danish shipping and oil firm A.P. Moller-Maersk. Russian state-run Rosneft oil company under ‘major’ cyber-attack.... |

The Petya ransomware
In May, the WannaCry ransomware virus quickly spread around the world infecting hundreds of thousands of computers and locking their owners out of files. Now, it appears another piece of malware is infecting machines at scale.What is ransomware and how can you avoid it?

A new strain has reportedly taken Ukraine banks offline and locked government officials out of their computers, as well as infecting the systems of a Danish shipping company.

At present, reports about the malware have focussed on the impact on computers in Ukraine. But security researchers have said it is spreading quickly. Christiaan Beek, a lead scientist and principal engineer at McAfee, told WIRED the firm has seen infections in Spain, Germany and the UK.....[READ MORE]




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