First I've heard of it was today while scanning my RSS feeds. Appears to be another form of virus, especially infecting Android apps. Came across some info on detecting and removing it: How to rescue your PC from ransomware @ http://www.pcworld.com/article/2084002/how-to-rescue-your-pc-from-ransomware.html Ransomware - What is ransomware? @ http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/mmpc/shared/ransomware.aspx I originally got this from: Got Android? Be Careful Out There! @ http://dad29.blogspot.com/2015/02/got-android-be-careful-out-there.html
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Calif. hit by ransomware attack... LA Hospital Ransomware Attack Worries Cybersecurity Experts February 19, 2016 Cybersecurity experts worry that the $17,000 a Los Angeles hospital paid hackers to regain control of its computers could signal a troubling escalation of the growing "ransomware'' threat.
Ransomware attacks expected to rise... Tech Group: 2016 Will Be the Year Ransomware Holds America Hostage March 9, 2016 -- 2016 is the year ransomware will wreak havoc on Americas critical infrastructure community, warned a new report released Wednesday by the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT). To Pay or Not to Pay will be the question fueling heated debate in boardrooms across the Nation and abroad, predicts ICIT, a non-profit, non-partisan group that acts as a conduit between the private sector, federal agencies, and the legislative community.
Ransom demand paid in Bitcoin... Exclusive: Chinese hackers behind U.S. ransomware attacks - security firms Mon Mar 14, 2016 - Hackers using tactics and tools previously associated with Chinese government-supported computer network intrusions have joined the booming cyber crime industry of ransomware, four security firms that investigated attacks on U.S. companies said.
Granny says, "Dat's right - dem *****s is at it again... FBI Investigating Paralyzing Hack on Another Hospital Chain March 29, 2016 | WASHINGTON (AP) Modern medicine in the Washington area reverted to 1960s-era paper systems when one of the largest hospital chains was crippled by a virus that shuttered its computers for patients and medical staff.
University pays $20,000 data ransom... University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers Wed, 08 Jun 2016 - A Canadian university pays hackers to restore access to emails and other files encrypted by ransomware. See also: Israel indicts French immigrants in 9.1 million euro scam Jun 8,`16 -- Israel's state prosecutor indicted four new immigrants from France on Wednesday for allegedly running a major international scam, impersonating company executives and costing five European companies about 9.1 million euros, or over $10 million.
Even home users can protect themselves from such malware, Let see I do off network backups every few weeks, then any program that access the internet is run in a sandbox, and beside your normal anti-virus program I run a program that only allowed programs that I had white listed to run. So let see if I get such malware on my computer one line of defense should not allow it to run but ask for my permission for it to run instead , next if it begin somehow to run it will think that it is enciphering my files but will only be doing so to copies of my files that was called into the sandbox not the files themselves outside of the sandbox. When I go to shut my computer down the sandbox program will ask me what to do with the encipher files, .
I've locked myself outta my room - an' I can't get back in... Austrian hotel says hackers held key system for ransom Wed, Feb 01, 2017 - The ransom demand arrived one recent morning by e-mail, after about a dozen guests were locked out of their rooms at the lakeside Alpine hotel in Austria.
NSA hacking tool used to create ransomeware... Bad Rabbit malware allegedly used NSA hacking tool Oct. 27, 2017 -- The Bad Rabbit malware, which U.S. analysts say originated in Russia, allegedly used a leaked National Security Agency hacking tool.
The best protection against ransomware is a reliable daily backup strategy that stores your data off-site, or on removable media.
Mebbe it wasn't the No. Koreans after all... 5 arrested in Romania for spreading ransomware in U.S., Europe Dec. 20, 2017 -- Romanian officials have arrested five people they believe are responsible for one of the most widespread ransomware crimes ever, authorities said Wednesday.