CryptoWall

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

The author is misleading.
It's like that time you were at the bar and your friend took home that really hot chick that was coming onto him but he failed to notice the adams apple before it was too late.

OK, I understand now. ... wait, did I say that out loud?

This is scary stuff. You can set Time Machine to backup almost continuously. Is that a bad idea? Might you overwrite an older back up and fill your back up drive with encrypted data?

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

The constant need to install [Flash] updates ((like once or twice a week) underscores how vulnerable it is.

That has always concerned me. Is there a legitimate need for Adobe to have to update that software so often?

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Of course most people want it for their web porn viewing though...

So I'm weak for a babe with an Adam's apple. Is that so bad?

[Rot 911]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

So I'm weak for a babe with an Adam's apple. Is that so bad?

Oh my!

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Part of my problem. I currently have 7 drives hanging off my main box. 6 are 500 gb to 1 TB.

Then there is the RAID, running level 5 consisting of 8 2 TB drives.

I've got nearly 20 TB hanging off this thing and I'm currently trying to figure out how to back the whole thing up.

The single drives do back up to the RAID but I've got data on the RAID that is not backed up anywhere.

Been seriously thinking going old school and getting a tape drive.

Then I come to my senses.

I cannot understand why tape drives are so expensive. Except maybe the market is too small.

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Part of my problem. I currently have 7 drives hanging off my main box. 6 are 500 gb to 1 TB.

Then there is the RAID, running level 5 consisting of 8 2 TB drives.

I've got nearly 20 TB hanging off this thing and I'm currently trying to figure out how to back the whole thing up.

The single drives do back up to the RAID but I've got data on the RAID that is not backed up anywhere.

Been seriously thinking going old school and getting a tape drive.

Then I come to my senses.

All of this extra storage won't be very helpful to you, if they are constantly connected to a system that has been compromised. I suspect that any encryption trojan will go after any and ALL storage it finds attached to the host system. So - you will have backups of your files that were encrypted, but your backups will also have the same fate - they will also be malicously encrypted.

But, on the other hand - if your backup device is only connected when you perform a daily or incremental backup, then you minimize the risk of your backup environment being compromised. Better yet - it also makes sense to copy or data onto removable media like digital tape or Bluray that is write-protected (WORM technlology - write once, read many). Store these backups (of your backups) in another house / building to counter physical disasters.

I work in IT - and am a SAN / Storage architect. I also manage my company's disaster recovery for our mainframe environment. And - like the saying goes - you can never have too many backups...

-Z-man

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by Z-man

All of this extra storage won't be very helpful to you, if they are constantly connected to a system that has been compromised. I suspect that any encryption trojan will go after any and ALL storage it finds attached to the host system. So - you will have backups of your files that were encrypted, but your backups will also have the same fate - they will also be malicously encrypted.

But, on the other hand - if your backup device is only connected when you perform a daily or incremental backup, then you minimize the risk of your backup environment being compromised. Better yet - it also makes sense to copy or data onto removable media like digital tape or Bluray that is write-protected (WORM technlology - write once, read many). Store these backups (of your backups) in another house / building to counter physical disasters.

I work in IT - and am a SAN / Storage architect. I also manage my company's disaster recovery for our mainframe environment. And - like the saying goes - you can never have too many backups...

-Z-man

The main box is my personal server. The only executables on it other than what the OS requires are builds/source code from our developers that I put there. And I'm the only user with access to it. The only external network connections it makes is for software updates direct from Apple and the connection to it internally is not persistent.

I'm not worried about that box being compromised. I'm worried about hardware failure as some of the drives are aging out.

I did a stint as Director of CA's consumer security group.

Not my first rodeo.

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

The main box is my personal server. The only executables on it other than what the OS requires are builds/source code from our developers that I put there. And I'm the only user with access to it. The only external network connections it makes is for software updates direct from Apple and the connection to it internally is not persistent.

I'm not worried about that box being compromised. I'm worried about hardware failure as some of the drives are aging out.

I did a stint as Director of CA's consumer security group.

Not my first rodeo.

Gotcha - you know what you are doing -- but there are many out there that think "NAS and RAID storage will save me" and only realize that isn't always the case AFTER they lose data...

-Z

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by Z-man

Gotcha - you know what you are doing -- but there are many out there that think "NAS and RAID storage will save me" and only realize that isn't always the case AFTER they lose data...

-Z

That would be my wife.

They say opposites attract and I used to think that did not apply to us, then I watched her use a computer.

Don't tell anyone but the last time the internet broke it was not Anonymous, it was my wife testing how many simultaneous browser tabs you can have open.

If you are curious the answer is 28,947.