shaneturner12
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Hi Trainzers,
I know this is quite often mentioned on here, but in light of new ransomware information I've seen on the BBC News website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34765484) it's even more crucial to keep backups of your data.
It looks like there's a particularly nasty (and badly coded) variant/update of ransomware called Power Worm. Usually, when ransomware affects a system there is normally a way of getting the decryption key(s). Unfortunately, with this one, due to bad coding, it looks like it destroys the keys so that the information cannot be decrypted, and the only way of getting the data back is restoring from a backup.
I'm not sure what method it's using to get around, but it's something to watch out for as it's also affecting web servers as well.
Shane
Hi Trainzers,
I know this is quite often mentioned on here, but in light of new ransomware information I've seen on the BBC News website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34765484) it's even more crucial to keep backups of your data.
It looks like there's a particularly nasty (and badly coded) variant/update of ransomware called Power Worm. Usually, when ransomware affects a system there is normally a way of getting the decryption key(s). Unfortunately, with this one, due to bad coding, it looks like it destroys the keys so that the information cannot be decrypted, and the only way of getting the data back is restoring from a backup.
I'm not sure what method it's using to get around, but it's something to watch out for as it's also affecting web servers as well.
Shane