Preventing Ransomware Attacks!!!!
Ransomware is a major threat to every business. In a nutshell, ransomware attacks are cyber extortion, where malicious software penetrates your computer systems and then encrypts your data, holding it ransom until you agree to pay up.
Like many other forms of malware, ransomware is often introduced as the “payload” of a phishing campaign, where the attacker tries to entice you to download a file, generally in the form of an email attachment or on a malicious website.Ransomware is particularly malicious because encrypted files typically can’t be decrypted without the attacker’s private encryption key. In other words, even if you remove the malware from your device, you still won’t be able to access your files without the attacker decrypting them.
In addition to the cost of the ransom amount itself, ransomware disrupts your business, which causes revenue losses and extra operational expenses. In fact, it’s estimated that it costs on average more than $84,000 for organisations to recover from a single ransomware attack.
It’s crucial to protect your business from falling victim to a ransomware attack, which means you should have a plan in place to do so.
To develop a plan, it’s important to understand the various stages of an attack.
