My ex-Brother-in-Law got infected with some sort of ransomware. He's freaking out. Said his PC was beeping and had him call some number, everything was locked up. He called the number, installed the software they told him to install, and then when someone connected to PC, asking for personal info, he shut down the PC. When he restarts, he can't do anything. I'm familiar with the ransomware.
I had some questions though. Instead of just removing the malware / formatting the PC / reinstalling, whatever, if I could monitor the network traffic, using something like Wireshark, and grab an IP address, and then trace that IP address to a country, assuming they're not connecting via a proxy or something, how much trouble could I get into if I tried hacking into their network?
There's scanning tools like Nessus that make scanning for vulnerabilities fairly simple and then there's tools, like Metasploit, that make exploiting those vulnerabilities fairly simple. If they're in a country where we don't have diplomatic relations, could I still get in trouble? Or if I where to go through a proxy with a country that we didn't have diplomatic relations with, to hide my real IP, and then tried getting into their network, could I get in trouble?
Thanks.
I had some questions though. Instead of just removing the malware / formatting the PC / reinstalling, whatever, if I could monitor the network traffic, using something like Wireshark, and grab an IP address, and then trace that IP address to a country, assuming they're not connecting via a proxy or something, how much trouble could I get into if I tried hacking into their network?
There's scanning tools like Nessus that make scanning for vulnerabilities fairly simple and then there's tools, like Metasploit, that make exploiting those vulnerabilities fairly simple. If they're in a country where we don't have diplomatic relations, could I still get in trouble? Or if I where to go through a proxy with a country that we didn't have diplomatic relations with, to hide my real IP, and then tried getting into their network, could I get in trouble?
Thanks.
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