Stay Safe from Ransomware Attacks by GS RichCopy 360 Enterprise A Backup and Replication Software
What is ransomware? We all are familiar with the word ‘ransom’, what is ransomware? Ransomware is malicious software with one in mind: to extort money from its victims. It's one of the most prolific criminal business models in existence today. In a very simple way, we can understand that ransomware is malicious software that infects your computer and displays messages demanding a fee to be paid in order for your system to work again. Ransomware is a type of malware (malicious software) which criminals use to extort money. Ransomware is often designed to spread across a network and target database and file servers, and can thus quickly paralyze an entire organization. Ransomware is one of the greatest cyber security threats that organisations currently face. A ransomware attack can spread when the infected file is opened on a computer connected to the network. Once a device is connected, the attack will spread quickly through the network infecting all PC’s. If the ransom demand