Well, ransomware viruses do a very simple thing and they do it well – they encrypt data. The rapid spread of this type of virus is due to a number of simple, but key, factors that include the ability to trick users with legitimate seeming emails (containing the virus attached under the guise of an invoice or other document) and the difficulty of locating the virus in time due to the actions taken by the virus itself and the continued appearance of newer variants of the same type of virus.īut what exactly does ransomware, like Cryptolocker, do? And why have these types of virus been defined as devastating for the security and retention of business and home user data? One of the biggest IT Security challenges to and risks for companies in recent years has been the proliferation of the Ransomware viruses, the most infamous of which are well known by the names Cryptolocker, Cryptowall, CTB-Locker, TeslaCrypt, Wannacry, and there are many more too.
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