What is Cyber Ransom Attack and Why Should You Care?
Ransomware is, without a doubt, one of the biggest threats facing home computer users in years. Unlike many online attacks, it isn’t primarily out to steal your bank details or spy on you. Instead, it wants to scare you into handing over money to the attacker at the other end of the internet. How does it do this? By locking you out of your machine or folders unless a ransom is paid. Failure to do so could result in you being locked out forever. How does it work? There are two main types of ransomware: 1.‘Lock screen’ ransomware is an older, less common type which locks a user’s screen, often flashing up messages spoofed to appear as if they’ve come from the police. The idea is to scare the victim into paying up. 2.Crypto-ransomware is by far the most common and destructive type. Once it finds its way onto your machine it will encrypt all or most of the data on your hard drive based on file type. This means you won’t be able to make sense of any of i...