Cyberattack on - what to do
Major cyber attack is going on and entire British health sysyem is down and 70 countries have been effected.
Below are the things one can do to stay away from this ransomware.
First, back up your hard drive. You should be keeping frequent backups anyway, in case your computer dies on its own. But if your computer gets hacked, you'll be able to retrieve your data without paying a ransom.
If you run a business, back up every computer in your office and have a plan for what to do if your system goes down for a while. Be smart about setting up your network, so that most users don't have complete access to the system. This makes it harder for a ransomware attack to infect everything. And make sure your users are educated about the common kinds of attacks. more
Below are the things one can do to stay away from this ransomware.
First, back up your hard drive. You should be keeping frequent backups anyway, in case your computer dies on its own. But if your computer gets hacked, you'll be able to retrieve your data without paying a ransom.
If you run a business, back up every computer in your office and have a plan for what to do if your system goes down for a while. Be smart about setting up your network, so that most users don't have complete access to the system. This makes it harder for a ransomware attack to infect everything. And make sure your users are educated about the common kinds of attacks. more
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Keep away yourself from online trading through credit cards, ATM cards, online shopping from many companies, online banking etc. It is very easy for common people but big and multinational companies may higher the computer experts and can fight with the viruses. more
May 17
Do not use Net Banking for the tie being and also update OS, specially those who are using Window 7, or pirated Software. They are the most vulnerable. more
May 16
The concept of paperless office is failed. We have to make standby arrangements to prevant from such attacks. It is an endless effort to make fool proof systems in a man made computer. The answer is to introduce a Less Paper Office concept. more
May 14
Even though there is really no fool proof way of prevention of hacking and malware attack, as a first defense one should, as a policy, (i) one should Delete any email coming from unknown sender and (ii) one should not click on any attachment of an email even from someone well known, if it looks out of context. more
May 14
