Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

I argued yesterday that it is time to place a global ban on Bitcoins . The reasons were clear. We need to disarm the Cyber Financial Terrorists like those who were behind the WannaCry ransomware and could also be planning for … Continue reading →

Wanna Cry has not only affected companies, but also individuals who donot actually are target audience for payment of extortion money. Hence this advisory for such people. Leaving all the technical discussions to the experts, I would like to provide … Continue reading →

One of the Counter terrorism strategies is to choke a terrorist organization of the money supply. This holds good not only for terrorists in Kashmir or elsewhere and to the Naxalites, but also to organized cyber criminals. If we look … Continue reading →

The WannaCry ransomware seems to have targetted the health sector more, probably for the reason that most of the systems used in the industry were using unpatched or old windows systems and also their employees were not as well informed … Continue reading →

Today, the 15th May 2017, Indian corporates, including Banks will be switching on their computers with a prayer in their lips hoping that they would not see the dreaded “Your files are encrypted” screen. It is still not clear what … Continue reading →

The WannaCry ransomware attack across 100+ countries attracted a huge attention of the media yesterday. It continues to be the main story in print media today. The developments on the ransomware has been fast and furious with security experts all … Continue reading →