GPCode-like Ransomware Is Back?

It seems the malware GPCode which first surfaced in 2004 is back according to Securitylist.com. I received a frantic call from a client last week informing me that all files on his desktop has been encoded and he cannot open them. After visiting the client, it turned out that he has inadvertently clicked a link to a website which started the chair reaction and continue to spread the virus. It seems the virus also infected quite a few files on the fileserver as well of which they do not have a valid backup in place.

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Article about Steve Jobs

It’s hard to see how anything like that would have transpired. The Steve Jobs who returned to Apple was a much more capable leader — precisely because he had been badly banged up. He had spent 12 tumultuous, painful years failing to find a way to make the new company profitable.

“I am convinced that he would not have been as successful after his return at Apple if he hadn’t gone through his wilderness experience at Next,” said Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies, a technology consulting company. Continue reading