Aah, so because SQL Server (and the like) have a file lock on their
files, that's how they're better protected from this kind of ransomware
crap? Makes sense.
Thanks for all your comments!
On 2017-01-09 17:36, Richard Kaye wrote:
To the best of my knowledge, the physical files that make up an MS SQL
DB are locked by the database engine. Having said that, if the bad
guys decide it's worth the effort they will figure out a way to get to
them. Most ransomware that I've had some experience with go for low
hanging fruit; all those office docs and jpgs, etc that live out on
the network, of which the vast majority will not be locked at any
given time. But I also think I've recently read about some new
variants that encrypt entire volumes...
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rk
-----Original Message-----
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Tracy Pearson
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Subject: RE: VFP tables likely victims for ransomware?
mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote on 2017-01-09:
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/ransomware-now-billion-dollar-year-crim
e-growing-n704646
Are VFP files more susceptible than say data in a RDBMS like SQL
Server
or MySQL?
Mike,
If the RDBMS opens and locks the file for a longer period of time than
the
VFP tables do, then yes.
Tracy Pearson
PowerChurch Software
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