his is to inform you that, A new virus Spreading these days through the email attachments. Virus is known as “Locky/Ransomware” & user data getting encrypted & become unusable in infected computers. To decrypt data files again need to pay money for the attackers & cannot decrypt data any other ways.
Therefor users are advised to be careful when opening email attachments or click links coming from unknown Senders, SPAM’s & advertisements. Virus file comes as Microsoft Word Document, you may mistakenly open & execute the virus & infect the virus yourself.
Modes of infection
Ø Spam emails
Ø Infected portable data transfer devices
Ø Click on an infected link
Ø Map Drives in the network
How can you stay protected?
Ø Stay aware and updated
Ø Keep your systems and security solutions updated
Ø Regularly backups your files and try to have an alternative mode of storage
Ø Be cautious before you click and open email attachments
Ø Control and restrict your access points to sensitive data
Ø Use Antivirus & Spam filters from gateway level & block transferring executable files via emails.
Defense strategies
The best strategy is to make sure you are running an updated anti-malware product, capable of stopping the infection. The Kaspersky detect most variants of cryptolockers as “Trojan-Downloader.MSWord.Agent & Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Locky.*”. Kaspersky host intrusion prevention system, heuristic analyzer & System Watcher capable of blocking even unknown versions of this Trojan from infecting the systems.
*** However please note that cannot recover encrypted files due to the nature of asymmetric encryption & As always, prevention is the best cure.
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