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It was just after 12.30 pm on the Friday before the Fourth of July holiday when a warning popped up on Laschelle McKay’s computer screen. Ms McKay, the town administrator for Leonardtown, Maryland, didn’t even have time to read the whole message before it disappeared and her computer froze. “Everything shut down,” she said in […]
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DOJ to Give Ransomware Attacks Same Priority as Terrorism
June 4th, 2021 
Awake Goy The Justice Department will elevate ransomware investigations to a similar level of priority as terrorism in an effort to defeat cybercriminals posing a threat to the nation. This comes following several recent cyberattacks that crippled infrastructure and paralyzed crucial industries in the United States. In one of those attacks, a cyber criminal group perpetrated a ransomware […]
Whitney Webb Talks Supply Chain, Ransomware, WEF & More on Slow News Day
May 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Journalist Whitney Webb discusses chilling facts surrounding COVID-19. Webb draws parallels to pandemic simulations including Operation Dark Winter, Crimson Contagion and Event 201, also noting their connections to the anthrax attacks that followed 9/11. Source Views: 0
Cyberpunk hackers ‘sell off’ CD Projekt Red’s stolen source code after ransomware attack
February 12th, 2021 Awake Goy Hackers have reportedly sold off the source code of CD Projekt’s ‘The Witcher 3’ and ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ titles, after attempting to hold the Polish video game developer and publisher to ransom. Fresh from a public outcry over the shambolic release of ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ before Christmas, CD Projekt Red (CDPR) was in the news again this […]
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No Comments »New Ransomware Locks Your Files Unless You Play ‘PUBG’
April 10th, 2018 Awake Goy Everyone loves PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and one piece of ransomware seems to love it so much it’s willing to lock down your computer’s files until you spend quality time with the game. First spotted by MalwareHunterTeam and first reported by BleepingComputer, PUBG Ransomware is a bizarre program that encrypts a user’s desktop files—including all subdirectories—with a .PUBG extension. […]
‘Crypto-jacking’: Bitcoin rise prompts hackers to ditch ransomware for mining fraud
March 22nd, 2018 Awake Goy The sky-rocketing value of some cryptocurrencies in 2017 apparently prompted hackers to move away from tried and tested ransomware as a source of extortion and direct their attention towards crypto-jacking. Hacking incidents known as ‘crypto-jacking’ jumped 8,500 percent over the year, according to IT security firm Symantec. READ MORE: Bitcoin soars above historic $20,000 mark Crypto-jacking […]
Posted in World News Tags: bitcoin, crypto, ditch, hackers, jacking, prompts, ransomware No Comments »N. Korea stole cyber tools from NSA, carried out WannaCry ransomware attack – Microsoft chief
October 14th, 2017 Awake Goy Microsoft President Brad Smith told ITV that he believed “with great confidence” that North Korea was behind the worldwide WannaCry cyberattack. READ MORE: WannaCry hackers have not withdrawn any ransom bitcoin, surveillance shows “I think at this point that all observers in the know have concluded that WannaCry was caused by North Korea using cyber tools […]
Petya Ransomware Strikes Again, as New Strain Dubbed “Goldeneye” Devastates Ukraine and Europe
August 5th, 2017 Awake Goy In the aftermath of the WannaCry attack that took the world by surprise, a new strain of the Petya ransomware made its appearance in late June in Europe. The ransomware, dubbed Goldeneye by security experts, exploited vulnerabilities in the Windows XP operating system. The cyber-attacks were made possible by taking advantage […]
Posted in World News Tags: again, dubbed, goldeneye, petya, ransomware, strain, strikes No Comments »RED HERRING: What’s Behind the Wave of Ransomware Attacks Linked to NSA Hacking Tools?
May 21st, 2017 Awake Goy Shawn Helton21st Century Wire In this age of hyper-real media propaganda, some stories published by mainstream media whether true or not, can be used as a ‘red herring’ to provide an all to convenient mask for other politically charged news releases. In fact, the very same day as the viral spread of WannaCry, the United States was […]
Posted in Jewish New World Order, Jewish News, World News, World Politics Tags: attacks, behind, hacking, herring, linked, ransomware, tools No Comments »NSA should ‘shoulder some blame’ for WannaCry ransomware attack – Chinese state media
May 17th, 2017 Awake Goy A Wednesday editorial in the China Daily said that the NSA should “shoulder some of the blame, because the computer virus is based on one of the hacking tools that the agency created for its own use, which ended up in the hands of cyber criminals.” It notes the severity of the issue, stressing that […]
Posted in World News Tags: attack, blame, chinese, ransomware, should, shoulder, wannacry No Comments »US INTEL BLAME WANNACRY RANSOMWARE ATTACK ON NORTH KOREA
May 16th, 2017 Awake Goy The ransomware story has become a pretext for a Trump attack against North Korea. In the latest computer ransomware attacks, signs are pointing to frequent culprit: North Korea https://t.co/iFNp5Smiha — The New York Times (@nytimes) May 16, 2017 From The New York Times: Intelligence […]
British Nuclear Submarines, Microsoft and That Ransomware Attack
May 16th, 2017 Awake Goy Views: 0
Posted in World News Tags: attack, british, microsoft, nuclear, ransomware, submarines No Comments »#Wannacry ransomware epidemic could spread as unsuspecting workers return to desks – Europol chief
May 14th, 2017 Awake Goy Rob Wainwright, executive director of the European Union’s crime agency, said the spread of the ‘WannaCry’ virus was “unprecedented,” resulting in more than 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries. READ MORE: Microsoft releases urgent OS patch in wake of #WannaCry ransomware blitz “At the moment, we are facing an escalating threat,” Wainwright warned. “The […]
Posted in World News Tags: could, epidemic, ransomware, spread, unsuspecting, wannacry, workers No Comments »Bank of China ATMs Go Dark As Ransomware Attack Slams China
May 14th, 2017 Awake Goy In the aftermath of the global WannaCry ransomware attack, which has spread around the globe like wildfire, a significant number of corporations and public services have found their infrastructure grinding to a halt, unable to operate with unprotected if mission-critical computers taken offline indefinitely. Some of the more prominent examples so far include: […]
5 Easy Tips To Protect Yourself From Ransomware
May 14th, 2017 Awake Goy The latest ransomware employs asymmetric encryption to hold the target’s information for ransom, using a pair of keys uniquely generated by the attacker for the victim. The attacker makes the private key available to the victim only after the ransom is paid – or very likely does not. Here are some easy steps to protect […]
An NSA-Derived Ransomware Worm Is Shutting Down Computers Worldwide
May 13th, 2017 Awake Goy An NSA-Derived Ransomware Worm Is Shutting Down Computers Worldwide May 12th, 2017 I don’t know what it’s going to take to convince people to stop using abandoned versions of Windows, but if this doesn’t do it, nothing will. Via: Ars Technica: A highly virulent […]
Massive Ransomware Infection Hits Computers in 99 Countries
May 13th, 2017 Awake Goy A massive cyber-attack using tools believed to have been developed by the US National Security Agency has struck organisations around the world. Computers in thousands of locations have been locked by a programme that demands $300 (£230) in Bitcoin. In April hackers known as The Shadow Brokers claimed to have stolen the tools and released […]
Iran issues alert on ransomware cyber attack
May 13th, 2017 Awake Goy Tasnim – The Iranian Cyber Police issued a security alert to all Internet users in the country, encouraging people and organizations to update their operating systems to ward off a massive wave of cyberattacks across the globe that seize control of computers until the victims pay a ransom. In a warning on Saturday, Lieutenant Colonel […]
Microsoft releases urgent OS patch in wake of #WannaCry ransomware blitz
May 13th, 2017 Awake Goy Microsoft XP received the new security patch three years after the computer giant discontinued support for the OS. READ MORE: Ransomware virus plagues 100k computers across 99 countries The patch release comes after a virus known as ‘WannaCry’ ransomware, which encrypts files and demands users pay for their release, infected more than 100,000 computers worldwide […]
Posted in World News Tags: blitz, microsoft, patch, ransomware, releases, urgent, wannacry No Comments »Ransomware virus infests 75,000 computers across 99 countries
May 13th, 2017 Awake Goy A ransomware virus is spreading aggressively around the globe, with over 75,000 computers in 99 countries having been targeted, according to the latest data. The virus infects computer files and then demands bitcoins to unblock them. An increase in activity of the malware was noticed starting from 8am CET (07:00 GMT) Friday, security software […]
