{"id":53529,"date":"2016-06-02T22:34:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T22:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=53529"},"modified":"2016-06-02T22:34:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T22:34:10","slug":"ransomware-sophisticated-approach-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/ransomware-sophisticated-approach-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware – A More Sophisticated Approach Is Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

We know ransomware has become an increasing threat to our cyber security.\u00a0 But how can we stop it?<\/p>\n

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It has been reported by Infoblox<\/a>, ransomware increased more than 3000% from the fourth quarter of 2015 to the first quarter of 2016.\u00a0 Ransomware developers know victims will likely pay, so this epidemic won’t be slowing down anytime soon.\u00a0 If we look at the plethora of attacks that have hit hospitals, schools, police departments and other forms of public municipalities we will see that more times than not, they pay.\u00a0 So why would the hackers stop?\u00a0 Paying the ransom only fuels the fire.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, many of the methods advised to help prevent ransomware attacks are geared towards a more reactive approach.\u00a0 Meaning, if you are struck with this malicious software, here’s what you can do to restore your systems.<\/p>\n

I don’t believe in that.\u00a0 Why not avoid the issue entirely and we wouldn’t need to worry about the headaches of trying to get our systems back on track.\u00a0 Info Security Magazine<\/a> agrees that a proactive approach can be done which will protect your computer and all of the files on it from these attacks.\u00a0 The first piece of advice, stop relying on traditional anti-virus protection.\u00a0 Second, whitelisting.\u00a0 With the use of whitelisting technology, you are able to efficiently protect your PCs from the growing ransomware threat.<\/p>\n

Whitelisting, whereby a threat is assessed against a set of policies and common characteristics to see if there is a likely issue, can help to spot this type of malware even if it has never appeared before.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whitelisting technology does this by using a list of all of the known good programs and files<\/em> and only allows them to execute.\u00a0 No matter what the ransomware hacker does, they will not be able to get onto the whitelist.\u00a0 This is different from traditional anti-virus methodologies because they use a blacklist approach.\u00a0 Meaning they try to keep a list of all of the known bad programs and files<\/em>.\u00a0 There is a problem with this control, as malware is changing daily.\u00a0 How could any list possibly stay updated?<\/p>\n

To protect your home PCs, I encourage you to explore PC Matic<\/a>.\u00a0 For business users, Tech Sentry<\/a>.\u00a0 These two programs both use a proprietary whitelisting methodology, which is second to none.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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