{"id":54345,"date":"2016-09-08T17:36:12","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T17:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=54345"},"modified":"2016-09-08T17:36:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T17:36:12","slug":"smb-arent-worried-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/smb-arent-worried-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"Over Half of SMB Owners Aren&#8217;t Worried About Ransomware &#8211; But They Should Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>A recent study suggests almost two-thirds of small businesses aren&#8217;t concerned about ransomware&#8230;<!--more--><\/h3>\n<p>What is ransomware?\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/ransomware\">Ransomware <\/a>is a form of malware, malicious software, that hackers place on your computer.\u00a0 What does it do?\u00a0 It locks your files and\/or your computer until you pay whatever ransom demand is requested.\u00a0 Sounds serious, right?\u00a0 That&#8217;s because it is.\u00a0 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If you compound the financial loss with the downtime, you&#8217;re looking at a massive hit.<\/p>\n<h3>Ransomware Prevention<\/h3>\n<p>There are two main layers that influence the success\u00a0of a\u00a0ransomware attack.\u00a0 First, your security software.\u00a0 According to the study, <a href=\"http:\/\/pages.datto.com\/rs\/572-ZRG-001\/images\/DattoStateOfTheChannelRansomwareReport2016_RH.pdf\">93% of surveyors<\/a> were using a security software at the time of infection.\u00a0 The types of security software were not broken out between the two different protection methods, whitelist and blacklist; however it is safe to assume a majority, if not all, had been using security software that implements the traditional blacklist approach.\u00a0 This is mistake number one.\u00a0 Traditional blacklisting methods don&#8217;t work.\u00a0 It is impossible to keep them up to date with the latest malware threats, since malware is consistently morphing to prevent blacklist detection.\u00a0 The 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