UNDERSTANDING RANSOMWARE ATTACKS AND HOW TO PREVENT THEM

We all started to hear about ransomware attacks when they first became popular in 2005. However, the first instance of a ransomware attack goes back to as far as 1989. Although this malicious practice started taking place in Russia, it has been international for quite a long time now, much to the dismay of everyday ...

Block Ransomware

What is Ransomware ? Let me give you quick answer on what is Ransomware.  You open some email attachment, or install some program from a infected website which eventually encrypt all your important files. For example  some ransomware may encrypt your word file, excel file, photo etc. Now if you try to open these files, ...

Fix ImageMagick vulnerability

ImageMagick, an open-source image processing software suite, has released versions 7.0.1-1 and 6.9.3-10 to address a vulnerability in previous software versions. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to take control of an affected system. Evidence : http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/exploits-gone-wild-hackers-target-critical-image-processing-bug/ https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2016/05/04/ImageMagick-Vulnerability You can fix it by edit policy.xml file. Add following lines to policy.xml file <policy ...

How to install VPN client on Windows and Mac

Sep1: Download the installation file Windows Users Click here to download Windows 10/Server 2016/Server 2019 installer Click here to download Windows 7/8/8.1/Server 2012r2 installer Mac users may scroll down the page to see the installation steps. Step2: Run the downloaded file with administrator privileges and follow the installation steps. Confirm the Windows security messages. Step3: ...