Biggest Cyber Threats Likely To Hamper Your Business |
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Ransomware is considered to be one of the most dangerous threats to the cyber security of a business organisation. They have been continuously affecting the functioning of public as well as private sector companies. Here, cyber criminals tend to encrypt crucial systems and data of a business until a ransom is paid to them. The criminals generally send messages through random pop-ups on the screens of the infected computers. What happens next depends on the mind of the criminal and how much you have believed in ‘prevention is better than cure’. If your business has a strong back-up for the stolen data, you can choose to ignore the threat, clean the entire system and start your work anew from the last backup. However, if you don’t have a strong data backup, you may have to pay the ransom in order to retrieve your data. However, the worst part about ransomware is that in spite of you paying the required ransom, there is no guarantee that you will receive your data the way it was. This is what makes it one of the scariest cyber threats to a business.
In a ransomware attack’s aftermath, there are several ways in which the practitioners of cyber security can respond. The most common way of dealing with the issues by far has been identifying the strain that is damaging the company and try containing the damage by shutting down all the affected accounts and systems, getting rid of the malware and trying to get a recovery from backup files. Over 75% of ransomware victims have reported that their business was unable to pay the ransom in order to save their data. Only a small section of the victims said that they were ready to pay the ransom and get their important data back at any cost. There have also been organisations that have set up a Bitcoin account in order to respond appropriately to attacks. E-mail and web have been found to be the biggest source of ransomware infection. The most common way of getting into trouble have been employees accidentally opening a malicious attachment in their e-mail, responding to a phishing e-mail and unknowingly visiting a compromised website. All it takes is a single click and in no time, the criminals will try to take control over your data and start encrypting it, leaving you with no other option but to pay them. It is always important to be careful while opening sites and e-mails that seem doubtful. Always have the best anti-virus installed in your systems and maintain complete privacy of data across the hierarchy. Prevention is indeed much better than cure!
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