• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-28-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on This nasty ransomware overwrites your PC’s master boot record

It’s hard enough for non-technical users to deal with ransomware infections: understanding public-key cryptography, connecting to the Tor anonymity network and paying with Bitcoin cryptocurrency. A new malicious program now makes it even more difficult by completely locking victims out […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-28-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on This nasty ransomware overwrites your PC’s master boot record

It’s hard enough for non-technical users to deal with ransomware infections: understanding public-key cryptography, connecting to the Tor anonymity network and paying with Bitcoin cryptocurrency. A new malicious program now makes it even more difficult by completely locking victims out […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-28-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Petya ransomware overwrites MBRs, locking users out of their computers

It's hard enough for non-technical users to deal with ransomware infections: understanding public-key cryptography, connecting to the Tor anonymity network and paying with Bitcoin cryptocurrency. A new malicious program now makes it even more diffic... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-25-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on New ransomware abuses Windows PowerShell, Word document macros

A new ransomware program written in Windows PowerShell is being used in attacks against enterprises, including health care organizations, researchers warn.PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework that's included in Wind... Read More