The recent infections of ransomware at the city and state level here in New Orleans have risen user’s awareness of these very elusive criminals. Hackers use various entry-points into a network to encrypt files and basically sell you the decryption code. Unless you have a solid and recent backup, paying this ransom is currently your…
TO PAY or NOT TO PAY: Ransomware Doesn’t Care How Small Your Business Is
You own a business. One day you try to open a file on your server (or cloud storage) and it says it’s encrypted. You try to open another file; same thing! You ask Suzie in the next office if she can open anything, and when she tries, she gets the same message. Panic sets in!…