Backup is your only real protection, and it protects against a
lot of other dangers.
With ransomware a part of your threat model, you must also
protect your backup from being encrypted. My own approach is to
have 2 backup disks, one of which is offline and disconnected,
and powered down at all times. Cloud backup systems may also
have ways of protecting your backup.
The real problem is that modern operating systems can't protect
themselves or you. One way to help your OS is to never use an
account with administrator privileges to browse the web or run
other applications. Use it only for system administration.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 3/7/17 at 11:24 AM, caut...@montac.com (Clay Autery) wrote:
Cost them MOST of their data and a LOT of money. ONLY because of my OCD
backup scheme and frankly luck did their business not cease to exist.
DO NOT CLICK LINKS IN EMAILS!!!!!! EVER!!!!!
Doesn't matter if you KNOW they are "safe". Do not do it. ONLY
guaranteed way to avoid this type of attack.
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Bill Frantz |"After all, if the conventional wisdom was
working, the
408-356-8506 | rate of systems being compromised would be
going down,
www.pwpconsult.com | wouldn't it?" -- Marcus Ranum
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