Working from home, the beach, or a café is a reality for many people today. Everything we need is stored on our digital devices—such as desktop computers, laptops, and mobile phones—which contain important information about our personal and professional lives.
Digitalisation has created a flexible living environment that gives us the freedom to easily access a universe of information. It also provides us with space to store hundreds of thousands of different files: photos of our children and pets, e-tickets, projects, important documents we have worked on for weeks, files full of decades of knowledge and memories. Ransomware allows criminals to steal all of this in an instant. That is why it is crucial to be careful, stay alert, and protect your digital world.
Have you been locked out? Visit the ‘No More Ransom’ website.
The decryptors available in the ‘No More Ransom’ repository have helped more than six million people recover their files free of charge. This has prevented criminals from earning almost €1 billion through ransomware attacks. The site currently offers 121 free tools capable of decrypting 151 ransomware families and brings together 170 public- and private-sector partners. The portal is available in 37 languages.
To mark the project’s fifth anniversary, a new, modern, and more user-friendly website has been launched: the new home of Crypto Sheriff provides up-to-date information on ransomware, as well as advice on how to prevent a ransomware infection.
The best way to stay healthy is not to get sick. This obvious statement also applies to ransomware attacks. Anyone can be a target: individuals and companies of all sizes.
What can I do?
– Read before you click
– Regularly back up the data stored on electronic devices.
– Watch what I click: do I know where a link will take me?
– Be careful with email attachments.
– Make sure my security software and operating system are up to date.
– If I am a victim, do not pay. Report the crime and look for decryption tools on ‘No More Ransom’.
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