Anyone here hit by the Ransom Ware attack?

[HVC]

Everything belongs to God, you are only the steward. So pay your church 10%. Rent I guess.

Protection money. if you don't pay it bad things happen to you.

[Valmy]

Everything belongs to God, you are only the steward. So pay your church 10%. Rent I guess.

Protection money. if you don't pay it bad things happen to you.

God the Father = The Godfather.

[Josquius]

Seems there's been another wave.
And I'm quite paranoid.
Last night my computer randomly gave me a message speaking of backing up encrypted files though I'm not using any encryption software.
Googling I see messages going way back of people getting this. Windows 10 itself encrypting features of itself that aren't used for storage. But still
Next time I plan to turn on my computer I'm disconnecting all my removables first and then doing a full virus scan. Maybe go right into safe mode.

[The Brain]

Store food for a year.

[viper37]

Seems there's been another wave.
And I'm quite paranoid.
Last night my computer randomly gave me a message speaking of backing up encrypted files though I'm not using any encryption software.
Googling I see messages going way back of people getting this. Windows 10 itself encrypting features of itself that aren't used for storage. But still
Next time I plan to turn on my computer I'm disconnecting all my removables first and then doing a full virus scan. Maybe go right into safe mode.

use an offline scanner like Kaspersky.  Find a clean computer, create it at work, maybe.

[Ed Anger]

The Power Grid is gonna go down in one of these attacks one of these days and you people are FUCKED.

Don't bother looting Best Buy.

[garbon]

Oh man, one of my clients got hit and all of their emails and phones are down. I would not want to be their IT group now nor their CTO.

[Josquius]

How to vaccinate:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vaccine-not-killswitch-found-for-petya-notpetya-ransomware-outbreak/

[Josquius]

As thought i was being a overly paranoid nut.
Nonetheless there are an awful lot of encrypted files on my computer. I suspect something to do with my old windows 7 install. Curious.

[viper37]

As thought i was being a overly paranoid nut.
Nonetheless there are an awful lot of encrypted files on my computer. I suspect something to do with my old windows 7 install. Curious.

use disk cleanup to remove your old Win7 leftovers.

[Caliga]

We're fine.  My CIO's biggest priority is always IT security and zero downtime.  Dude used to run IT at the CME where obviously things like that are mission critical there.

[DontSayBanana]

Seems there's been another wave.
And I'm quite paranoid.
Last night my computer randomly gave me a message speaking of backing up encrypted files though I'm not using any encryption software.
Googling I see messages going way back of people getting this. Windows 10 itself encrypting features of itself that aren't used for storage. But still
Next time I plan to turn on my computer I'm disconnecting all my removables first and then doing a full virus scan. Maybe go right into safe mode.

Bitlocker = Windows' built-in file encryption.
Cryptolocker = change your underpants.

And for the love of god, stop letting your browser keep temp files after you close your session. Is it a pain having to type in passwords a bit more frequently? Yes. Is it worth the risk of malware? Hell no.

[viper37]

And for the love of god, stop letting your browser keep temp files after you close your session. Is it a pain having to type in passwords a bit more frequently? Yes. Is it worth the risk of malware? Hell no.

use a software like Lastpass.  One password to rule them all.

[DontSayBanana]

use a software like Lastpass.  One password to rule them all.

Eh. I cycle a half-dozen different "strong" passwords, and change different ones into the rotation periodically. LastPass is easy, but it's only as good as your master password- not crazy about making it a SPOF for all my passwords.

[Josquius]

Yeah, I really don't trust these one password tools.
Especially since I sometimes want to login to my online stuff from elsewhere