Ransomware Hack Targeting 2 Million an Hour (axios.com)

Posted by msmash on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @07:25AM from the security-woes dept.

New submitter Zorro writes: A ransomware attack sweeping the globe right now is launching about 8,000 different versions of the virus script at Barracuda's customers, Eugene Weiss, lead platform architect at Barracuda, told Axios, and it's hitting at a steady rate of about 2 million attacks per hour. What to watch out for: An incoming email spoofing the destination host, with a subject about "Herbalife" or a "copier" file delivery. Two of the latest variants Barracuda has detected include a paragraph about legalese to make it seem official, or a line about how a "payment is attached," which tricks you to click since, as Weiss puts it, "everyone wants a payment."

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Re: That's gonna keep creimer busy! by Anonymous Coward · 2017-09-20 09:04 · Score: 0, Troll

Raging faggots the lot of you. All trolls, but especially trolls who gang up on one loser. Just leave him alone and he will fade, right now you guys just inspire him to do more.