Ransomware (Malware Software) Attacks And Precautions

What Is Ransomware
Ransomware which is a type of malicious software designed to block access to computer systems. It is a phishing and Ransomware attack which is happening world wide. 

A MASSIVE cyber attack which has hit 200,000 people in at least 150 countries has claimed its first Australian victims and authorities warn more is yet to come.

As per Report Ransomware is the biggest cyber attack in Internet History ever happened in Europe. Ransomeware is active from past two years but comes in a light or you can say that in Trending now and the fact is we feel helpless here for this. 

Today's time the biggest problem in front of all the country is Cyber security. as we all know our most of the data in cloud. Digitization is very good for us but sometimes creates problem. A no of websites hack daily. Many countries Secure data like the Nuclear Weapon detail , their defense related data has been hacked daily.
This a very insecure and disaster for every country and all wants overcome from this.

As Per NewYork times Story -

MY mother received the ransom note on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. It popped up on her computer screen soon after she’d discovered that all of her files had been locked. “Your files are encrypted,” it announced. “To get the key to decrypt files you have to pay 500 USD.” If my mother failed to pay within a week, the price would go up to $1,000. After that, her decryption key would be destroyed and any chance of accessing the 5,726 files on her PC — all of her data — would be lost forever.

Sincerely, CryptoWall.

So they are targeting the system and also give you do and die situation in front of them. 

Easy Steps To Keep Your System Protected
Beware when you use google docs, official or personal emails carefully as it might include:

• unsafe, suspicious, or fake websites.
• Spam emails or email attachments from people you don’t know, or that you weren’t expecting.
• malicious links in emails, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media posts, instant messenger chats, like Skype.

It can be very difficult to restore your PC after a Ransomware attack – especially if it is infected by encryption ransomware.

That is why the best solution to ransomware is to be safe on the Internet and with emails and online chat for e.g.

•  Don’t click on a link on a webpage, in an email, or in a chat message unless you absolutely trust the page or sender.
• Often fake emails and webpages have bad spelling, or just look unusual. Look out for strange spellings of company names (like “PayePal” orPayPall" instead of “PayPal”) or unusual spaces, symbols, or punctuation (like “HDFC Bank    Debit Card" instead of HDFC  Bank Debit Card).

If you are not sure about any website link then please ignore it and go ahead. As per Cyber Security Team it is strict instruction don't do any online money transaction in these two three days so beware from all these suspicious activities.