Posts Tagged: Ransomware
FBI Cyber Crime Briefing: Five Big Risks for Business Leaders Protek recently sponsored a special briefing from cyber security experts at the FBI. The event, Cyber Crime 101: FBI Cyber Security Webinar is available on-demand…
Cyber security is a threat to every business. Criminals are targeting businesses by using spam as a delivery mechanism for dangerous malware. Roughly 200 to 400 thousand Trojans, ransomware, and other malware are delivered to…
Getting hit by a ransomware attack or infected with a malicious software is not fun. It can open the door to cyber criminals getting your personal and business data and potentially using it to hold…
In March of 2018, the city of Atlanta was held hostage by hackers. The ransomware attack by SamSam hacking crew infected the city with a virus that crippled computers, wireless networks, and blocked access to…
With the spread of ransomware viruses like WannaCry and Petya lately, it’s becoming extremely important to know how to protect yourself from these damaging viruses. The way ransomware works is that it encrypts the files…
This week saw yet another massive ransomware attack that originated in Europe. The Petya ransomware had some similarities to WannaCry, which infected many systems recently, but was definitely very different. The Ukraine experienced the brunt…
You’ve heard the saying, “Failing to plan is planning to fail.” When it comes to your business network, that phrase could not be truer. Planning for a security incident is a vital piece of your…
This week a massive ransomware attack infected over 300,000 machines worldwide called WannaCry. Ransomware is a type of malware that will encrypt all of the files on an infected machine. It will then demand payment…
Ransomware has received unprecedented popularity, and healthcare organizations are ripe targets . Criminals know it. In just a few short years, Ransomware has dominated the market, prompting a response from the federal government last week….
Eset announced on Wednesday that it has developed a free tool that victims of all variants of the TeslaCrypt ransomware can use to unlock affected files. The criminal group behind TeslaCrypt recently abandoned support for the…
Modern ransomware is exceptionally dangerous, even by malware standards. Ransomware is capable of locking down important files on a victim’s computer, presenting a massive threat to both business professionals and their networks, as well as…