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What makes the attack unique is that it mostly affected Russia. At the same time, Eastern European cybercriminal organizations usually avoid attacking their “home country,” so it is unlikely that a Russian group was behind this attack.

9. Game of Thrones. Whoever is behind Bad Rabbit seems to be a fan of Game of Thrones — the ransomware code contains references to the dragons Viserion, Drogon, and Rhaegal, which appear in the TV series and the novel it is based on. So the authors of the code are not trying to stray from the stereotype of hackers as geeks and nerds.

10. You can protect yourself from infection. It is not known at this stage whether files encrypted by Bad Rabbit can be decrypted without agreeing to pay the ransom, although the researchers say that victims of the attack should not pay money, as this only encourages ransomware to grow.

A number of security vendors claim that their products protect poland whatsapp data Bad Rabbit. However, for those who want to protect themselves from possible attacks, Kaspersky Lab recommends blocking the execution of files named C:\Windows\infpub.dat and C:\Windows\cscc.dat to prevent infection.

Why it would be a mistake to rely entirely on cloud providers for data protection
Chris Preimsberger | 10/30/2017
A Veritas study found that 69% of organizations mistakenly believe that responsibility for protecting data, maintaining privacy, and complying with regulatory requirements lies entirely with the cloud service provider.

It turns out that when outsourcing their business data to cloud services, most companies mistakenly rely entirely on the service provider's data management services, although they should be monitoring them themselves.

On October 25, Veritas Technologies, a maker of storage systems and data management software, released the results of a global study covering 13 countries that found that 69% of organizations incorrectly believe that responsibility for data protection, privacy, and regulatory compliance lies with the cloud service provider.