What on Earth is Ransomware?
Ransomware is a form of malware or a virus that prevents users from accessing their systems or data until a sum of money is paid. The attacker may also threaten to publish personal data online unless payment is received.
How Common is Ransomware?
The sad truth is that small to medium-sized businesses are now becoming the common target. It used to be individuals that the attackers would go after, but they have learned that there is money when attacking businesses. FedEx got attacked in 2017 and lost over 300 million dollars.
How do good IT Service Providers protect people from Ransomware?
Some of the best practices for preventing malware attacks come down to your IT Service company. Keeping systems backed up locally and in the cloud. This will allow your IT company to roll back those backups to right before you were infected, limiting downtime and data loss. Another good practice is having segmented network access. Only allowing access to certain areas with certain credentials and other areas will need different credentials. This will prevent the virus from spreading to all parts of your network in case of infection. At Limetree Labs, we offer our “Security and Continuity Business Bundle” where we ensure your systems are being backed up locally and on the cloud. We also ensure that not all data is accessible by anyone user.
Ultimate Protection
The best protection from Ransomware is all about user training. At Limetree Labs, we offer our free “Lime and Learn” courses to our customers where we provide end-user training on how to protect you and your business from cyber-attacks. This training goes over how to spot phishing emails or spoofing attempts. We talk about keeping credentials from being compromised and how to avoid running unsafe applications.
