Yes now your files will be hidden (apparently they will be placed in a Winrar format – which is a kind of packed encrypted format). And then the original files are deleted. There are more details in the Sophos analysis a their blogpost. How about this attack? KrebsonSecurity has an interesting story about a Nigerian … Read more
Yes The hackers that just hacked the FBI email server only spammed thousands of email addresses and all they did was embarrass the FBI. The Criminal Justice Information Services division (CJIS) from FBI which apparently manages several national crime information systems, available to the criminal justice community. According to KrebsonSecurity the “from address” emails to … Read more
Hacker News has an article on how Hackers use a method of installing their software onto your systems. 1. If you notice the problem is when the user opens an attachment or link (URL) in their web browser(Firefox – Microsoft Edge, or Google chrome among the most used browsers) 2. Then the browser decodes the … Read more
Has it finally happened … is everything going to get hacked? Well the issue is everything can be hacked of course. What this latest issue is unfortunately taking advantage of the design flaw in a critical piece of IT technology. Compilers are needed to create software (all software). So what would happen if all compilers … Read more
Information has a way to reduce uncertainty, but we also have to be ready to make a decision (make a call). How much information is enough? Or is too much information the problem? Are you willing to make changes once you learn some more information – what if the info you learned makes your … Read more