Hello Steemit! I just joined this community, and I personally don't really have any experience of writing posts and hence, this is my first try! Instead of writing a introduction post, I want to start with something that what the Internet is currently most concerned about, Ransomwares. I am sure many people have heard about WannaCry as it has became a worldwide cyber attack in a very short time.
What is WannaCry?
WannaCry or Wanna Crypt is a Ransomware infection, a sort of malignant programming that squares access to information until a payoff is paid and shows a message asking for installment to open it. It is focusing on Microsoft’s Windows working frameworks, with programmers requesting installments of $300 to $600 utilizing Bitcoins.
As soon as WannaCry start spreading, Russia is known as the top infected country among the world. However, Russia has come up with a novel way of dealing with the cybersecurity situation: holy water.
"Patriarch of Russian Orthodox church making sure that the Ministry of Internal Affairs computers won’t get affected by WannaCry virus attack”
Source: https://heatst.com/tech/russias-secret-weapon-against-ransomware-virus-holy-water/
Meanwhile, Taiwan is the second most infected country. One of the people curiously tried to run the Ransomware purposely in his Window XP computer, but the outcome was hilarious!
It seems that his computer is too "good" to afford the power of WannaCry! The virus ran half and forced to stop itself, the data in his C and D drive has managed to keep alive. After he shared the image, many people replies:
"Virus: Damn! The system doesn't support"; "The hackers overestimated Taiwan economic!"; "Even virus need to keep up with the systems"; "The computer isn't qualified for viruses".
Another dirty joke made by the internet regarding the best way to avoid ransomwares:
In addition to WannaCry, there was once a popular Ransomware called ThunderCrypt infected to Taiwan, one of the people sent them an email for support telling them his monthly income is too low to afford for decryption. After that, the hackers replied him with a surprise!
It is posted on the Internet and many replied that the Hackers have wayyyy better customer support services compared to many huge companies! I guess the hackers do have some humanity towards poor people, the guy immediately got his files decrypted after receiving the email.
That's all for my first post, thank you for reading.