👹🧑🏻💻 Ransomware: Digital Blackmail
- Foundation date
20 March 2025
👹🧑🏻💻Ransomware: Digital Blackmail
Ransomware is a malicious program that encrypts files on a victim's computer and demands a ransom for their decryption.
It can spread through various means, such as phishing emails, infected websites, or software vulnerabilities.
Once infected, ransomware blocks access to your files, rendering them useless.
It then demands a ransom, often in cryptocurrency, to obtain the decryption key.
If you don't pay, your files may be permanently lost.
Ransomware can cause significant damage, especially to companies that store important data on their computers.
To protect yourself from ransomware, it's important to regularly back up your data, install security updates, and use a reliable antivirus.
Alt-text: A manga-style illustration of a ransomware virus, depicted as a menacing, robotic figure with glowing red eyes and a menacing grin, resembling a cyborg with sharp edges and intricate designs.
It is holding a large, glowing padlock in its hand, symbolizing its ability to encrypt data and demand a ransom.
The virus is shown hovering over a laptop screen, its tentacles reaching out to infect the data within, with a close-up view of its sharp, metallic tentacles reaching for the data on the laptop screen.
The background is a dark, ominous cityscape with flashing neon lights and ominous sounds, creating a sense of fear and vulnerability.
The virus's robotic form is rendered with meticulous detail, emphasizing its power and malicious intent.
The overall aesthetic of the image is a high-energy manga-style, with bold lines, bright color accents, and intense composition, conveying the urgency and danger of ransomware attacks.
Anna Pivtorak
Esposende, Portugal
20.03.2025
