https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/8f8c54dc-cea4-48ea-a772-cbfc056a5846 Please watch: "How Facebook targeted advertisements track you online, offline and where they sell your private data" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sFl2qGedFQ -~--~-~~-~- Follow me: https://twitter.com/The_HatedOne_ https://www.reddit.com/user/The_HatedOne/ https://www.minds.com/The_HatedOne Help us fight for our digital rights: https://act.eff.org/ New Petya based ransomware is spreading through the world encrypting disks of patched and unpatched computers. It doesn’t just encrypt all the files on your computer, it targets the entire filesystem, which means the whole operating system is rendered unusable. Initially, the ransomware was receiving payments of $300 in bitcoin, but since their email address to exchange the keys was blocked, once a disk gets encrypted, there’s no going back. This ransomware appears to be more professionally coded, doesn’t have as many bugs and is distributed through several vectors of infection. To spread through the Internet, Petya uses the EternalBlue exploit, a nickname by the NSA for a Windows SMB-v1 vulnerability. Once it infects just one device it spreads through the entire network via PsExec by accessing administrative credentials of the infected computer. Windows is too dominant in current times. And it requires a whole lot more attention to keep the system safe. Sys admins and individuals in general are going to be forced to diversify their systems otherwise they will be just as vulnerable as their lazy neighbor. Linux will eventually become a necessity. It’s not just that it has smaller market share that makes it more secure. Its architecture with separate root and user access and the presence of incredibly diverse distributions make Linux the most secure and reliable operating system there is. And on top of that it’s completely open source and free. So why should anybody ever pay hundreds of dollars for systems that fail on regular basis? Apple, Microsoft and Google are going to hate this fact, but developers are going to have to support Linux as the most secure and fastest platform on the market. Sources A new ransomware outbreak similar to WCry is shutting down computers worldwide https://securelist.com/schroedingers-petya/78870/ Petya-based ransomware using ternal blue to infect computers around the world https://blog.avast.com/petya-based-ransomware-using-eternalblue-to-infect-computers-around-the-world Avast analysis of the Petya ransomware https://www.avast.com/c-petya Analysis of the Wannacry ransomware two weeks after https://blog.kryptoslogic.com/malware/2017/05/29/two-weeks-later.html notPetya / Petyawrap is deadlier than Wannacry https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/06/27/petya-notpetya-ransomware-is-more-powerful-than-wannacry/#3dfd7536532e Credits Framework by Youtube Audio Library The Complex by Incompetech.com The footage and images featured in the video were for critical analysis, commentary and parody, which are protected under the Fair Use laws of the United States Copyright act of 1976. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:58:37 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/8f8c54dc-cea4-48ea-a772-cbfc056a5846 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.