{"id":56305,"date":"2017-02-01T13:36:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T19:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=56305"},"modified":"2017-02-01T13:36:01","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T19:36:01","slug":"backups-arent-enough-heres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/backups-arent-enough-heres\/","title":{"rendered":"Back Ups Aren’t Enough and Here’s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back Ups – The Reactive Approach<\/h4>\n

Ransomware strikes and your files are locked, and will remain locked unless you pay the ransom demand.\u00a0 What if you don’t want to pay?\u00a0 Back ups can be an effective way to replace the encrypted files, thus avoiding having to pay the hacker’s ransom demand.\u00a0 However, this is only effective if the back ups are up to date, and have not been encrypted.\u00a0 In certain cases, businesses have still paid the ransom, even when their data was backed up, because the time and manpower to restore the systems would be more costly than paying the ransom.<\/p>\n

As ransomware becomes an increasingly popular method of malware attacks, the hackers are likely to find ways to get users to pay up, even with back ups.\u00a0 It won’t be long before back up files are targeted and encrypted as well.\u00a0 It is also fair to speculate the hackers will threaten to expose your files if you don’t pay up.\u00a0 Many businesses, cannot afford files to be exposed.\u00a0 Whether it intellectual property, business financials, or patient information — the cost for these files being release is incredibly high, higher than paying the ransom.\u00a0 This is exactly what the hackers know and will exploit.\u00a0 This is why back ups aren’t enough to protect against ransomware.<\/p>\n

Time for Prevention<\/h4>\n

Ransomware is out of control.\u00a0 In 2016, hackers received an estimated $1 billion<\/a> in paid ransoms.\u00a0 Ransomware attacks are only going to get more sophisticated.\u00a0 It is time to prevent them, instead of reacting to them.\u00a0 But the question is, how?\u00a0 How do we prevent ransomware from infecting business and home users?<\/p>\n

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  1. Use a security solution that implements application whitelisting technology.<\/li>\n
  2. Ensure all of your programs and operating systems are up to date.<\/li>\n
  3. Monitor and edit administrative rights to what include only what is necessary.<\/li>\n
  4. Increase education on current cyber security threats, and red flags to assist in spotting an attack.<\/li>\n
  5. Perform penetration testing to identify any existing vulnerabilities.<\/li>\n
  6. Disable macros.\u00a0 Many malicious attachments require macros to be enabled in order to infect your PC.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It is important all of these things are taking place to effectively prevent ransomware attacks.\u00a0 As stated before, we cannot rely on reactive approaches to modern cyber threats.\u00a0 It is time to start preventing them.<\/p>\n

    To learn more about how you can prevent a ransomware attack against your business, click here<\/a>.\u00a0 If you’re a home user, and need advanced protection against today’s malware attacks, learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    Back Ups – The Reactive Approach Ransomware strikes and your files are locked, and will remain locked unless you pay the ransom demand.\u00a0 What if you don’t want to pay?\u00a0 Back ups can be an effective way to replace the encrypted files, thus avoiding having to pay the hacker’s ransom demand.\u00a0 However, this is only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":55140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4949,5000,5090],"tags":[4565,4363],"class_list":["post-56305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ransomware","category-ransomwarewar","category-slider","tag-back-ups","tag-ransomware"],"yoast_head":"\nBack Ups Aren't Enough and Here's Why<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When trying to win the war against ransomware, back ups are never going to be enough. 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