{"id":3439,"date":"2023-02-27T21:30:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T02:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/?p=3439"},"modified":"2023-02-27T21:30:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T02:30:04","slug":"what-is-ransomware-and-how-do-we-prevent-it-4b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/2023\/02\/27\/what-is-ransomware-and-how-do-we-prevent-it-4b\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Ransomware and How Do We Prevent It 4b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"n3VNCb pT0Scc KAlRDb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eschoolnews.com\/files\/2023\/02\/k-12-ransomware.jpeg\" alt=\"Ransomware attacks show continued rise in K-12 schools\" width=\"429\" height=\"306\" data-noaft=\"1\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ransomware is malicious software that contains viruses that restrict the user from logging into their computer until the user pays the person to unlock their own computer. The virus is often spread through emails, mostly because someone can easily click a link on accident which can lead to malware being downloaded onto your computer without the user knowing. You might\u2019ve seen some common ones: \u201cYour computer has been infected with a virus. Click here to resolve the issue.\u201d Don\u2019t be fooled because once you click \u201cclick here to resolve the issue,\u201d you will download a virus without any knowledge. The main reason why hospitals are often targeted is because, without their patient records, they won\u2019t be able to maintain their hospital and patients. Some methods I use to protect myself are a two-factor authenticator, VPN, anti-virus software, and Ad blockers with security features. I encourage everyone to at least download a two-factor authentication app because, in my experience, using the two-step authenticator with the phone number can get bypassed by hackers. It\u2019s important to protect our information. Lastly, use backups such as a hard drive or cloud platforms like Google drive, One drive, and iCloud. These platforms helped me a lot in the past when I had viruses on my computer. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Ransomware is malicious software that contains viruses that restrict the user from logging into their computer until the user pays the person to unlock their own computer. The virus is often spread through emails, mostly because someone can easily click a link on accident which can lead to malware being downloaded onto your computer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29271,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10531],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-student-post","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29271"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3440,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3439\/revisions\/3440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis2101sec730spring2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}