Ransomware virus Lock your device and Ask for $300

Ransomware virus Lock your device and Ask for $300 

Virus Alert : New and deadly #WannaCry Ransomware virus has found to be involved in infecting more than 45000 computers(around 75 countries) in 10 hours where Russian are highly infected meanwhile India is in the 3rd ranking....

This virus encrypts your data, lock your computer and demands a money (300$bit coin) for making it accessible again.

Methodology: You will get an email asking you to click a Javascript file of the format .JS. Once you click it your files will be encrypted in a .crypt format. So beware before updating and installing software.... SHARE for awareness...

As cyber criminals moved from cyber vandalism to cyber crime as a business, ransomware emerged as the go-to malware to feed the money-making machine.

*keep in mind 3 things, so you can get a sense of how big the issue really is:

>There are numerous variants for each type (for example, CryptoWall is on its 4th version);

>No one can map all the existing ransomware out there (because most ransomware attacks go unreported)

>New ransomware is coming out in volumes at an ever-increasing pace.

Why ransomware creators and distributors target home users:

>Because they don’t have data backups.

>Because they have little or no cyber security education, which means they’ll click on almost anything.

>Because the same lack of online safety awareness makes them prone to manipulation by cyber attackers.

>Because they lack even baseline cyber protection;

>Because they don’t keep their software up to date.

>Because they fail to invest in need-to-have cyber security solutions.

>Because they often rely on luck to keep them safe online.

How do ransomware infections happen?

>If the victim clicks on the link or downloads and opens the attachment, a downloader (payload) will be placed on the affected PC.

>The downloader uses a list of domains or C&C servers controlled by cyber criminals to download the ransomware program on the system.

>The contacted C&C server responds by sending back the requested data, in our case, the ransomware.

>The ransomware starts to encrypt the entire hard disk content, personal files and sensitive information. Everything, including data stored in cloud accounts (Google Drive, Dropbox) synced on the PC. It can also encrypt data on other computers connected in the local network.

>A warning pops up on the screen with instructions on how to pay for the decryption key.