Mike Foster’s IT Security & Best Practices Blog

There is a new program that is designed to help even non-technical people to create ransomware. The tool is called Inpivx, and it is designed to provide easy point-and-click functionality.

First, the attacker population is outpacing the ability to control them. Attacks are trending higher at an ever-increasing rate. Be extra security-diligent.

Once an attacker accesses one computer, they attempt to traverse the network and infect other computers too. That’s how ransomware spreads on a network.

According to the Wall Street Journal, followed by the Washington Post, Russian hackers used Kaspersky anti-virus to steal NSA cyber defense information off of an employee’s home computer. Even if you do not use Kaspersky, you still need to take 5 important steps.