If you have not done so already, I strongly suggest that you learn about ransomware, backup your data often (and keep the backups disconnected from the primary sources - if you do get infected by ransomware, you do not want it to
encrypt the backups as well), and learn how to protect yourself from it.
Not exact matches
Schroll recommends that you
encrypt your drives, leverage cloud
backups, enclose any hardware ports exposed to the public, have old hardware disposed by professionals and use theft recovery software, such
as Prey Project, on business devices.
A major Canadian company was forced to pay $ 425,000 in Bitcoin over the weekend to restore its computer systems after suffering a crippling ransomware attack that not only
encrypted its production databases but also the
backups as well.
CodeGuard makes sure that all
backups as well
as passwords are
encrypted to provide the highest possible security.
As Apple's cloud - side encryption improved, the company added
encrypted iCloud
backups to the mix.
Some ransomware looks for always - on
backup drives and
encrypts them
as well.
The last two icons on the home page, Data and Family, only lead to pages urging an upgrade to Trend Micro Maximum Security ($ 90), the company's top - tier product, which includes
encrypted online data
backup, multidevice data sync and parental controls, such
as the ability to blacklist certain websites and programs.
Because it's a very private set of information, it's available
as an optional sync to iCloud in iOS 11,
as well
as via
encrypted iCloud and iTunes
backups.