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My father in law just called me. He does a lot with IT and his company sent out a memo that a massive malware was released today or yesterday. It is military grade and I think he am said higher than 64bit encryption?
Anyways, cafereful with emails if you Dont know who they are or if they seem strange.
Since we're talking about viruses watch out for CryptoLocker http://blog.malwarebytes.org/intelligence/2013/10/cryptolocker-ransomware-what-you-need-to-know/
It encrypts all of your files including any files you have access to on network shares, external drives, etc. It is ransomware and there is no way you are ever getting access to your files without paying the ransom. We've had several Engineers in the field get hit with this one and it is UGLY. If you have important files you need to make an external backup; cloud backup services won't help since they will just backup the encrypted files.
Since we're talking about viruses watch out for CryptoLocker http://blog.malwarebytes.org/intelligence/2013/10/cryptolocker-ransomware-what-you-need-to-know/
It encrypts all of your files including any files you have access to on network shares, external drives, etc. It is ransomware and there is no way you are ever getting access to your files without paying the ransom. We've had several Engineers in the field get hit with this one and it is UGLY. If you have important files you need to make an external backup; cloud backup services won't help since they will just backup the encrypted files.
It's called versioning.
SuperiorDG
11-07-2013, 12:28
Is porn still safe?[bad-banana]
hghclsswhitetrsh
11-07-2013, 12:41
Is porn still safe?[bad-banana]
As of 6:55-6:57 this morning it was.
Is porn still safe?[bad-banana]
only on your ipad ;)
10mm-man
11-07-2013, 15:21
As of 6:55-6:57 this morning it was.
Why you lying? You know it was only a 30 sec test window........ lol
Why you lying? You know it was only a 30 sec test window........ lol
That's how long it took to buffer..
hghclsswhitetrsh
11-07-2013, 16:15
That's how long it took to buffer..
Bingo. That and I forgot to close the window right away when I was done researching.
OtterbatHellcat
11-07-2013, 18:22
Researching... lmao
Scanker19
11-07-2013, 18:27
As of 6:55-6:57 this morning it was.
I've been laughing at this all day.
As of 6:55-6:57 this morning it was.
lol! I'm still chuckling at this!
It's called versioning.
Yup, but how many people have a good backup strategy for all of their home docs and family pics? My description was a bit simplistic since it's not obvious to me which cloud backup providers offer versioning in their basic / home offering. Looks like they all have it with some plans but it's just not obvious to me it's included in the basic plans.
Yup, but how many people have a good backup strategy for all of their home docs and family pics? My description was a bit simplistic since it's not obvious to me which cloud backup providers offer versioning in their basic / home offering. Looks like they all have it with some plans but it's just not obvious to me it's included in the basic plans.
I do backup versioning locally to a server, then it's off to the cloud. There are files in the cloud backup that no longer exist on the server so any local corruption is mute.
I also periodically backup my drive partitions to another drive and keep it offline. Primarily because the work VM can be mounted on another laptop if this one (host OS or hardware) crashes.
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