{"id":912,"date":"2019-10-02T14:59:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T13:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/?page_id=912"},"modified":"2022-12-27T18:03:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T17:03:12","slug":"ransomware","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/glossary\/ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"eplus-NrKJ10 eplus-wrapper wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s a <em>ransomware<\/em>?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-e5PJwe eplus-wrapper\">The <strong><em>ran\u00adsomware<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em>attack is a form of attack which con\u00adsists in infect\u00ading the com\u00adput\u00ader of an indi\u00advid\u00adual or an employ\u00adee of a com\u00adpa\u00adny through a mali\u00adcious pro\u00adgram which encrypts and blocks the data and requests a ran\u00adsom in return to deci\u00adpher it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"eplus-CIrQJ0 eplus-wrapper wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to protect against ransomware?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-list eplus-styles-uid-95076b\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Don\u2019t open <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/glossary\/fraudulent-e-mails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"emails (opens in a new tab)\">emails<\/a> of sus\u00adpi\u00adcious ori\u00adgin;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Don\u2019t ever open an attach\u00adment from an unknown sender or from one who is not entire\u00adly trust\u00adwor\u00adthy;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly car\u00adry out data back\u00adup;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly update your soft\u00adware.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"eplus-QtfOuN eplus-wrapper wp-block-heading\"><strong>What to do in case of attack?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-list eplus-styles-uid-433c18\">\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Don\u2019t pay the ran\u00adsom: noth\u00ading ensures that once the ran\u00adsom payed, the hack\u00ader will unblock your com\u00adput\u00ader;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Dis\u00adcon\u00adnect imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly from the net\u00adwork the equip\u00adment iden\u00adti\u00adfied as com\u00adpro\u00admised (to block the <strong><em>ran\u00adsomware<\/em><\/strong>\u2019s spread);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly con\u00adtact the Infor\u00adma\u00adtion sys\u00adtems secu\u00adri\u00adty ref\u00ader\u00adents of your com\u00adpa\u00adny.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-FnNRv6 eplus-wrapper\">Find recent exam\u00adples of ran\u00adsomware cas\u00ades on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"blog (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nameshield.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s a ran\u00adsomware? The ran\u00adsomware attack is a form of attack which con\u00adsists in infect\u00ading the com\u00adput\u00ader of an indi\u00advid\u00adual or an employ\u00adee of a com\u00adpa\u00adny through a mali\u00adcious pro\u00adgram which encrypts and blocks the data and requests a ran\u00adsom in return to deci\u00adpher it. How to pro\u00adtect against ran\u00adsomware? What to do in case\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nameshield.com\/en\/glossary\/ransomware\/\" class rel=\"bookmark\">Read More \u00bb<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ran\u00adsomware<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":861,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-912","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ransomware : What is this attack and what to do in case of attack?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What\u2019s a ransomware? 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