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Top 12 Effective Ransomware Protection Tips

What is ransomware?

Ransomware belongs to the family of malware used to take control of users’ machines and the users get back control of the machine when the victim pays a ransom to the attackers.

There are a number of preventive steps that a user can take to avoid ransomware attacks. But before delving depth into the ransomware prevention techniques, you need to know a bit about the types of ransomware and how they spread.

How does ransomware spread?

Your computer may get infected with ransomware in several ways such as via email attachment, via the compromised website, Trojan horses, by clicking pop up ads, etc. [Read more…] about Top 12 Effective Ransomware Protection Tips

Definition of 7 Types of Malware

Though malware may take many forms, they have only one purpose to -disturb your computing environment. We can broadly classify malware depending on how the replicate and function. Remember that any codes that have evil intentions can be called a malware. That is why a virus, worm or even a backdoor program can be considered as a malware. But there is a distinct difference between a malware and an exploit that we will discuss in another post. [Read more…] about Definition of 7 Types of Malware

How to Protect Network Against Advanced Malware

Advanced malwares are extremely stealthy and attack targeted protocols and applications. In most cases, the attackers use these malwares to steal sensitive information from the governmental institutes financial institutes, especially the credit card service providers .

Major Concerns about Advanced Malware:

They are discovered after the attack has been taken place. So, you do not have a clue what is going on with your sensitive data unless you detect the presence of advanced malware in your system. When you are planning against advanced malware your primary target should be detect it as soon as possible. By using Garter’s 5 styles of advanced defence framework, you can apply the following five defence mechanism in your network:

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