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How to protect your PC from ransomware using Windows’ built-in protection

The Verge

Ransomware — malware that prevents you from accessing your files unless you pay the hacker that infected your computer — has been an issue plaguing computer users and businesses for years. The first consists of malware scans, which are on by default, and which you can learn more about here. Make sure to have backups.

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MSP cybersecurity: What you should know

Dataconomy

Ransomware is malware that sneakily infiltrates an organization’s environment and then starts encrypting all the data at reach. A managed service provider is the first line of defense for clients, and software for tracking malware and ransomware must be integrated and properly updated in an MSP cybersecurity circuit.

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Alert: 'Imminent and Increasing Threat' as Wave of Ryuk Ransomware Hits Hospitals

SecureWorld News

We released an advisory with the @FBI & @HHSgov about this #ransomware threat that uses #Trickbot and #Ryuk malware. Identify critical assets such as patient database servers, medical records, and teleheatlh and telework infrastructure; create backups of these systems and house the backups offline from the network.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

Rather than restoring from a backup the entire operating system, which gets you everything up until the moment of that last backup, then you still have to add in what’s missing. What if we could further evolve the basic operating system beyond just managing resources but also now mitigating any malware trying to make changes.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Crimeware As A Service

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: Ransomware is the latest trend in malware. It’s a clever way for malware to be monetized. Baccio: So if you are a net defender, take this research and use that to inform your strategy. That’s what a criminal malware enterprise looks like today. So offering just ransomware isn’t enough.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

So it wasn't this story that we hear sometimes thrown around about Lightspeed net speed cyberattacks, you know it was human adversaries doing research on the environment, so the attack starts. It was a masterful piece of malware, carefully crafted to achieve a specific goal. Make sure you have a backup spare. When they did that.

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