{"id":1388,"date":"2024-02-17T19:51:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T14:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:13:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:43:04","slug":"q-the-terms-wannacry-petya-and-eternal-blue-sometimes-mentioned-in-the-news-recently-are-related-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-the-terms-wannacry-petya-and-eternal-blue-sometimes-mentioned-in-the-news-recently-are-related-to","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0The terms \u2018WannaCry, Petya and Eternal Blue\u2019 sometimes mentioned in the news recently are related to"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>Exoplanets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cryptocurrency<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cyber attacks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mini satellites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (c) Cyber attacks<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-65d0b2fca6bf9\">Notes<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The terms \u2018WannaCry, Petya and EternalBlue\u2019 are all related to Cyber attacks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wannacry ransomware&nbsp;<\/strong>locks user\u2019s devices and prevents them from accessing data and software until a certain ransom is paid to its creator.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Petya<\/strong>&nbsp;spreads rapidly through networks&nbsp;that&nbsp;use Microsoft Windows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>EternalBlue<\/strong>&nbsp;is the&nbsp;name given&nbsp;to a&nbsp;software vulnerability&nbsp;in&nbsp;Microsoft\u2019s Windows operating system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ransomware\">Ransomware<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ransomware is a&nbsp;<strong>type of cryptovirological malware that permanently block access to the victim\u2019s personal data unless a ransom is paid<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While some simple ransomware may lock the system without damaging any files, more advanced malware uses a technique called cryptoviral extortion.&nbsp;<strong>It encrypts the victim\u2019s files, making them inaccessible, and demands a ransom payment to decrypt them.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a properly implemented cryptoviral extortion attack, recovering the files without the decryption key is an intractable problem, and difficult-to-trace digital currencies such as paysafecard or Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are used for the ransoms, making tracing and prosecuting the perpetrators difficult.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ransomware attacks are typically carried out using a Trojan<\/strong>&nbsp;disguised as a legitimate file that the user is tricked into downloading or opening when it arrives as an email attachment. However,&nbsp;<strong>one high-profile example, the WannaCry worm<\/strong>, traveled automatically between computers without user interaction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ransomware In 6 Minutes | What Is Ransomware And How It Works? | Ransomware Explained | Simplilearn\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-KL9APUjj3E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Phishing Explained In 6 Minutes | What Is A Phishing Attack? | Phishing Attack | Simplilearn\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XBkzBrXlle0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: (c) Cyber attacks Notes Ransomware<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[44],"years":[55],"class_list":["post-1388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-science-and-tech","years-55"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":44,"label":"Science and Tech"}],"years":[{"value":55,"label":"2018"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":44,"name":"Science and Tech","slug":"science-and-tech","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":44,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":167,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}