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Description:The biggest online threat to businesses and consumers today is ransomware, a category of malware that can encrypt your computer files until you pay a ransom to unlock them. With this practical book, you ll learn how easily ransomware infects your system and what steps you can take to stop the attack before it sets foot in the network.Security experts Allan Liska and Timothy Gallo explain how the success of these attacks has spawned not only several variants of ransomware, but also a litany of ever-changing ways they re delivered to targets. You ll learn pragmatic methods for responding quickly to a ransomware attack, as well as how to protect yourself from becoming infected in the first place.In this book you will:-- Learn how ransomware enters your system and encrypts your files-- Understand why ransomware use has grown, especially in recent years-- Examine the organizations behind ransomware and the victims they target-- Learn how wannabe hackers use Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) to launch campaigns-- Understand how ransom is paid and the pros and cons of paying-- Use methods to protect your organization s workstations and serversWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ransomware: Defending Against Digital Extortion. To get started finding Ransomware: Defending Against Digital Extortion, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 173

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Release: 2016

ISBN: 1491967854

Description: The biggest online threat to businesses and consumers today is ransomware, a category of malware that can encrypt your computer files until you pay a ransom to unlock them. With this practical book, you ll learn how easily ransomware infects your system and what steps you can take to stop the attack before it sets foot in the network.Security experts Allan Liska and Timothy Gallo explain how the success of these attacks has spawned not only several variants of ransomware, but also a litany of ever-changing ways they re delivered to targets. You ll learn pragmatic methods for responding quickly to a ransomware attack, as well as how to protect yourself from becoming infected in the first place.In this book you will:-- Learn how ransomware enters your system and encrypts your files-- Understand why ransomware use has grown, especially in recent years-- Examine the organizations behind ransomware and the victims they target-- Learn how wannabe hackers use Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) to launch campaigns-- Understand how ransom is paid and the pros and cons of paying-- Use methods to protect your organization s workstations and serversWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Ransomware: Defending Against Digital Extortion. To get started finding Ransomware: Defending Against Digital Extortion, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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