Ransomware attack that causes serious digital disruptions has quickly become one of the top types of cyber-attacks. Any ransomware attacks normally affect systems most often through phishing attacks and malicious executables. Once a PC is compromised, the malware then encrypts files before throwing up a landing page warning that if the victim does not pay up, they will never receive a key to decrypt their systems. Ransomware which infiltrates by exploiting vulnerabilities or guessing weak passwords uses mechanisms like the popular password discovery tool to start to gain control of a network.
\nTo protect your systems from such attacks, here are a few countermeasures:
\n1. Patch all vulnerable versions of Microsoft, critical patches are released ahead of their Patch Tuesday.
\n2. Update your antivirus and anti-ransomware definitions regularly.
\n3. Regularly backup your critical data. In the advent of a ransomware attack, backups are the only way one can minimize the damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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