The world is experiencing new
forms of intrusion, obtaining easy money is directed to the digital sphere that
is why some call it cyber-extortion and others, cyberterrorism. Likewise, what
variants of the virus are born with a single purpose: to grow profits through
some payment as a reward, through cryptocurrencies, and with the promise of
returning the information, of what companies treasure the most.
The most notorious cases are WannaCry, Petya (mainly in
Ukraine) or EthernalRock, due to their impact on companies' teams and they
became the main threats. The damages were irreparable, substantial and of great
magnitude for hospitals, banks, train stations and universities.
However, the issue has been talked about with the reappearance
of Cryptolocker in 2013, which is a kind of first cousin of ransomware and even
further back, in 2010, the police virus, was also a type of intruding worm.
That is to say, the subject has been talking about, however, what varies are
the consequences that they bring to world organizations.
That add features or something more complex. The user had
to download an attachment and the same ransomware affected the system but only
that computer. But now it takes advantage of a vulnerability and has the
ability to self-spread to more operating systems affecting institutions
globally. And this increased the consequences”.
According to the Reports, it was concluded that 16% of
companies had been victims on their computers by a specific form of ransomware.
That is the principle of ransomware, first it encrypts the
data and you cannot access the encrypted information, only with the key you can
enter; however only the attacker owns it. Then the recommendation is to have
the software updated to stop the infections.
“Many times the software and operating system are not
updated, although the update had already been applied by Microsoft, it must
also be updated manually.”
Other devices where cybercriminals turn their gaze to
smartphones, and it is even predicted that they may be compromised by the rise
of the so-called Ransomware of Things (RoT).
According to the laboratory, it found the existence of
multiple malicious codes on Android, specifically 300 new variants per month.
Likewise, one in 10 companies surveyed indicated that they keep an antivirus
available on their smartphones.
SECURITY
MEASURES
Among the security alternatives that must be applied are:
antimalware, information backup and audits that the companies themselves
generate in order to successfully protect the company.
A relevant piece of information from the study is that 83%
of companies obtained antimalware or antivirus software as a
security solution. Still it may sound somewhat paradoxical as 17% do not use
any protection.
Additionally, erroneous practices that implement CISOs were
highlighted, for example downloading software and at the same time disabling
the security solution, this decision can generate irreparable consequences.
“We must use them to protect ourselves. We must promote the
use of security technologies".
The use of securities and antivirus software is
really important as ransomware is not any normal virus which can be removed
easily. If it gets into any computer it affects the device a lot and make them
of no use, so just have security and software to keep your device safe and
secure.
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