Ransomware Attack Basic & Prevention!
What is Ransomware?
Ransomware is malicious code that is used by cybercriminals to launch data kidnapping and lockscreen attacks. The motive for ransomware attacks is monetary, and unlike other types of attacks, the victim is usually notified that an exploit has occurred and is given instructions for how to recover from the attack. Payment is often demanded in virtual currency to protect the criminal’s identity.
Ransomware malware can be spread through malicious e-mail attachments, infected software apps, infected external storage devices and compromised websites. In a lockscreen attack, the malware may change the victim’s login credentials for a computing device; in a data kidnapping attack, the malware may encrypt files on the infected device as well as other connected network devices.
Picture view of Ransomware infections
Ransomware protection to the next level
Locally on the PC
1. Don’t store important data only on your PC.
2. Could have 2 backups of your data: on an external hard drive and in the cloud – Dropbox/Google Drive/etc.
3. The Dropbox/Google Drive/OneDrive/etc. application on the computer is not turned on by default. only open them once a day, to sync your data, and close them once this is done.
4. Operating system and the software use is up to date, including the latest security updates.
5. For daily use, don’t use an administrator account on your computer. Use a guest account with limited privileges.
6. Turned off macros in the Microsoft Office suite – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
In the browser
7. Removed the following plugins from your browsers: Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, Java and Silverlight. If you absolutely must use them then set the browser to ask me if I want to activate these plugins when needed.
8. Adjust your browser’s security and privacy settings for increased protection.
9. Removed outdated plugins and add-ons from your browsers. only kept the ones use daily and I keep them updated to the latest version.
10. Use an ad-blocker to avoid the threat of potentially malicious ads.
Online behavior
11. Don’t open spam emails or emails from unknown senders.
12. Don’t download attachments from spam emails or suspicious emails.
13. Never click links in spam emails or suspicious emails.
Anti-ransomware security tools
14. Use a reliable, paid antivirus product that includes an automatic update module and a real-time scanner.
15. Understand the importance of having a traffic-filtering solution that can provide proactive anti-ransomware protection.
(NB: Some Information & Picture collect from different Source )
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