Tag: Ransomware

RansomwareNewz – The Rocky, Locky Horror Picture Show

Aftermath, Prevention

Welcome to the RansomwareNewz Desk, where we’ll be bringing you all you need to stay up to date and informed about everything ransomy, wary and newsy. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE First, it’s off to Russia via New York and The Late Show, where last week, host Stephen Colbert’s opening monologue contained a piece about hackers. Save for the Hillary Clinton/DNC e-mail leak and one more minor news story which escapes us, it’s the first time (we can think of) that hackers have been given airtime on a major chat show. The news was that Russian cyberspying groups like Energetic Bear

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First Ransomware. Then Cyber Warfare!

Aftermath

Societies need enemies, so the governments of the world must have real and invented boogeymen – the idea being that we all play happy families. It doesn’t work and yet, from the 1950’s through to 1990, The Russians were deemed a threat to our very existence. Then, Communism was the enemy. Then it was the war on drugs and terror. Now it’s Rogue Nations like North Korea. Next, it will be aliens. The truth of the matter is, no government was ever gonna launch a nuclear strike first, not even Kim Jong-Un or Donald Trump – that would just be

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RansomwareNewz Desk – The IRS, FBI & NHS

Prevention

Hello, good evening and welcome to The Ransomware Newzdesk, our new, weekly, two-minute roundup bringing the lowdown on hacking, trojans, malware and all things ransomware from around the world to keep you informed, edu-ma-cated and secure. THE INLAND REVENUE E-MAIL SCAM We begin in the good ‘ole US of A where this week, the IRS issued an urgent warning about a new scheme targeting honest, American taxpayers… so at least President Trump will be safe from attack! A bogus e-mail, featuring both the IRS and FBI’s badges informs recipients they must fill out a questionnaire within ten days. Click the link and

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