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Police warn of new ransomware scam

Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:34 pm
by Paphos Life
A new virus called Dharma is infecting computers and servers by encrypting and locking files, which can be unlocked only through a Bitcoin payment, authorities warned on Tuesday.The police cybercrime unit is warning users to take necessary precautions and to not pay should their computers be infiltrated....

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Re: Police warn of new ransomware scam

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:21 pm
by Dominic
Some of the junk is frankly bizarre. I get offers from companies wanting to provide content. The spam bot reads the site content, and works out which topics I would want. So I have had offers of blogs about everything from septic tanks to Cheese Pie.