How to Defend Your Site?

One of the most loved methodologies employed by the greedy nefarious elements in order to earn some quick bucks is to break into your website and encrypt the data. The decryption key lies with the attacker and you would be asked to pay a hefty sum of money in order to get the decryption key.

 

Unfortunately, you can never be sure that paying money will perfectly solve the problem. Your data may be damaged or the attackers might copy the data for the future use. The big question that now arises is “what to do if you suspect that you are being attacked by ransomware. Here is the first aid:

 

Act Immediately

If you suspect the presence of ransomware on tour computer, don’t wait to confirm. Act immediately. There is specific malware that rides on a network to spread. Go offline, the first thing. Unplug the modem, switch off the wifi and shut down the computer immediately. Immediately disconnecting the net would restrict the ransomware from affecting other computers connected to your PC in the direct or indirect way.

 

Safeguard your shared devices and network

Your networks and shared drives are also at a risk if they are connected to the computer that has been attacked. Specific ransomware like Cryptofortress and locky will encrypt these drives thus restricting your access to them. So as a precaution your shared drives should be taken offline until the network has been cleaned up.

 

Go to the roots

Now as you have already shut down your computer and taken the shared drives offline, you need to go into the depths. Ask the users about what they were doing just before the ransom where infections. Did they notice anything unusual like being asked to enable macros or receiving unusual emails? It will prepare them for future attacks.

 

Alert your users

After identifying t ransomware that has made you its victim, you should help your users by notifying them so that they can prevent themselves from any ransomware attack that might happen in the future. It will allow them to shield their cyber security to foil any ransomware attempts.

 

Install the updates

After alerting your users, you should update and install the updates on your security software. Ensure the availability of the latest anti-malware to ensure that it is fully capable of fighting effectively against latest versions if ransomware

 

Use common sense Approach

Even before you think of the possible figure of ransom amount, try to see how you can get your data without paying through your nose. You will be least worried if you adopt the practice of conducting backup on a daily basis. The best thing to follow is to restore the data from your backup. Wiping up your computer is the crucial task and you need to ensure that you have the latest backup available with you. Multiple copies of backup can make your job easier.