SecurityThe threat posed by ransomware
How badly is the German economy affected by cyberattacks using ransomware? What makes companies vulnerable and how do they react to ransomware attacks? The Alliance for Cyber Security examined this in a public survey.
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... monitor and analyze all file activities of users in the company. "Ransomware and other insider threats can be recognized by the fact that significant changes are made to the file system and large amounts of data are deleted. This can be remedied by carefully checking the system logs of the files and configuring a monitoring solution so that it reports conspicuous processes. This way you know when files are created, encrypted or deleted," says Lin. The analysis of the ...