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Wannacry: The Cash Mining Ransomware. by exclusivejayce(m): 12:57pm On May 16, 2017 |
Starting 12 may, the world experienced a new kind of cybercrime - one that has to do with cash, something like e-theft. WannaCry is a global threat, a ransomware: where your system is hijacked and you pay a ransom to get it back. According to wikipedia, it is a leaked secreat of NSA, and requires $3000 - $6000 for it ransom. Affected organisations include NHS uk, renault, and several companies running windows os. A patch as been released by microsoft since april. |
Re: Wannacry: The Cash Mining Ransomware. by mach98(m): 10:08pm On May 16, 2017 |
Isn't it via email? that's how all these things spread |
Re: Wannacry: The Cash Mining Ransomware. by RoyalBoutique(m): 11:45am On May 17, 2017 |
exclusivejayce: Why you dey add zeros to the price? It's between $300-$600 and not $3000-$6000 haba! 4 Likes |
Re: Wannacry: The Cash Mining Ransomware. by Nobody: 6:33am On May 18, 2017 |
As a Linux user still have no clue what you guys are talking about you mean an application can run without your explicit permission and ruin your documents |
Re: Wannacry: The Cash Mining Ransomware. by exclusivejayce(m): 12:27pm On May 18, 2017 |
RoyalBoutique:Tanx for the clearification. |
Re: Wannacry: The Cash Mining Ransomware. by exclusivejayce(m): 12:28pm On May 18, 2017 |
pcguru1:Something like that. |
Re: Wannacry: The Cash Mining Ransomware. by Scholar8200(m): 2:22pm On May 19, 2017 |
The cash mined will remain tantalizing to its proprietors thanks to various international security outfits! |
Re: Wannacry: The Cash Mining Ransomware. by steinalb(m): 4:39pm On May 23, 2017 |
Galaxybackbone got the heat during the weekend. |
Re: Wannacry: The Cash Mining Ransomware. by Nobody: 8:12pm On May 23, 2017 |
pcguru1: Relax, Relax have you heard of Hand-Of-Thief Trojan? Read about it. Mac, Solaris, Linux and other OS are being reversed DAILY to make Trojans and Ransomewares. Trojans are not problems to code especially to these Russians. They are BreastFed Code 1 Like |
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