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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Ransomware attack causes disruptions across globe
2017-06-28
[Al Jazeera] A massive new international cyberattack via a ransomware virus dubbed Petya has paralysed businesses across Europe and is spreading elsewhere.

Several major corporations on Tuesday said they had been targeted in the cyberattack which started in Ukraine and Russia before hitting other European countries.

Danish shipping giant Maersk, Russia's Rosneft oil firm, British advertising agency WPP and the French industrial group Saint-Gobain all said they came under attack and put protection protocols in place to avoid data loss.

One of the countries particularly hit was Ukraine, where serious intrusions at the power grid, banks and government offices were experienced. Boryspil Airport in the capital, Kiev, was also affected.
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#12  Trailing wife,
I would start here.

Elmiting Angemble5896, I forgot to mention I am that end user they talk about in Microsoft meetings. The sad thing is that my brother and sister are both computer science professors. My father meant me for that profession as well, which in theory was a good idea. But it turns out that being smart is not enough.

I'll save that link to ask my sister about.
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-06-28 19:52  

#11  Darth,
Sorry. iPad. Got it. My wife bought me one. I gave it to one of my boys.
Posted by: Elmiting Angemble5896   2017-06-28 15:46  

#10  Elmiting Angemble5896... as I said, for non-tech savy people. ;)

I got sandboxes in my sandbox.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-06-28 15:15  

#9  "There is a single hardcoded BTC wallet and the instructions require sending an email with a large amount of complex strings (something that a novice computer victim is unlikely to get right.)"

and

"Although there is significant code sharing, the real Petya was a criminal enterprise for making money. This is definitely not designed to make money. This is designed to spread fast and cause damage, with a plausibly deniable cover of “ransomware.”"

It looks more like Russia messing with Ukraine than anything to me.
Posted by: newc   2017-06-28 14:29  

#8  Darth,
I keep mine backed up to an external drive but yes. Sandboxes are designed to stop this kind of attack dead in its tracks. Don't surf the internet without it.
Posted by: Elmiting Angemble5896   2017-06-28 12:26  

#7  An easy way for non tech savy people is keep all vital stuff in a cloud. So if your tablet gets hit, restore and you don't lose anything.

And if you are using a windows biased OS for the love of all that is holy... keep adobe flash the hell off your system.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-06-28 10:18  

#6  Ed,
One more thing, I run my Linux systems as VirtualBox guests. If anything did get past my hardening (I use Lynis) then I simply reset the guest back to the last snapshot; problem solved.
Posted by: Elmiting Angemble5896   2017-06-28 09:28  

#5  Trailing wife,
I would start here.
Posted by: Elmiting Angemble5896   2017-06-28 09:24  

#4  Ed,
The tools are free (free-ish, Sandboxie has a premium service). I just mentioned the ones that I use. If you aren't running your browsers (e.g. webmail) sandboxed in something then you are putting yourself at needless risk. The latest Android runs everything sandboxed by default. But not Windows.
Posted by: Elmiting Angemble5896   2017-06-28 09:19  

#3  What should I do for my iPad?
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-06-28 09:08  

#2  OMG. More PCMatic commercials.
Posted by: ed in texas   2017-06-28 08:39  

#1  I use Sandboxie on my windows systems and firejail on my Linux systems. There is no excuse for letting yourself be exposed to these attacks.
Posted by: Elmiting Angemble5896   2017-06-28 08:26