Posts Tagged ‘ransomware’

How to Protect Against Virulent Ransomware

Sunday, January 4th, 2015

In early December, there were several reports about yet another type of ransomware, VirRansom, the next evolution of ransomware. It combines the ransomware feature of making data unavailable and locking up your computer until you pay the crooks a ransom with the feature of a virus, which allows it to spread to others. This basically means that not only will the ransomware take your computer hostage, it could also take all the other computers you communicate with hostage.

Some key points about VirRansom: (more…)

You Need to Know about Ransomware

Monday, November 24th, 2014

When was the last time you made a backup of all your data? How often do you make incremental backups? Do you keep these backups on a separate storage device and disconnected (or firewalled away from) the rest of your network?

“Say, why do you ask?”

The primary reason I’m asking right now is because ransomware is growing rapidly in occurrences; over 700% from last year.  Three of the best ways you can help defend against it is by: (more…)

Data Ransom Story: Crooks Targeting Small Businesses and Individuals

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

Yesterday USA Today ran a report, “Cybercrooks hold PC data captive.”
This is nothing new, I blogged about this type of ransom scheme earlier this year. The crooks are getting more creative.

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Data Ransom Story: Crooks Targeting Small Businesses and Individuals

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

Yesterday USA Today ran a report, “Cybercrooks hold PC data captive.”
This is nothing new, I blogged about this type of ransom scheme earlier this year. The crooks are getting more creative.

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