CryptoLocker, WannaCry, Locky or Cerber – Anyone who has ever been acquainted with these names will appreciate a good backup solution. Ransomware attacks are dangerous, but not successful with TeamDrive.
Ransomware attacks as a business model
Cybercrime has become an everyday business for investigators. Unfortunately, the figures speak for themselves. According to a McAfee study, the world economy is losing $600 billion to cyber attacks and the trend is rising. Ransomware is even offered as a business model. This makes it even easier to blackmail victims. Even if the perpetrators are caught, the damage and the work to fix it remains with the victim. So it makes sense to think about how to protect yourself from cyber attacks in general and Ransomware in particular. Extortion for ransom by malware can be expensive, but it doesn’t have to be. If you take sensible precautions, you only need a few clicks to continue working as if nothing had happened.
What is Ransomware?
What is this blackmail software and where does it come from? Ransomware is not a new phenomenon. The first Ransomware attacks date back decades. The first significant coup was the Ransomware AIDS Trojan Disk. As the name suggests, this Ransomware was still distributed via floppy disk at the end of the 1980s. However, the principle has remained the same to this day and gives Ransomware its name ransom software. The malware encrypts the data on the infected device and only when a ransom is paid is the data decrypted again … or not. And that’s where the problem lies with this type of cybercrime. You don’t get any guarantee that the blackmailers will actually decrypt your data after paying the requested amount. This means that payment is no longer a solution to the problem right from the start. Another possibility would be the attempt to decrypt the data on your own, quasi the cracking of the Ransomware. But even this is a hopeless undertaking with today’s cryptic keys.
How do I protect with TeamDrive?
But what if there were no data at all for which it would be worth paying a ransom? Are we saying because you always have an up-to-date copy of all your data? And that copy, or in other words that backup, is not infected by malware. This is exactly what TeamDrive makes possible. Your data is always available to you securely and up-to-date! Of course, this should not be a call to be less attentive. Simply enjoy the peace of mind that data synchronization with TeamDrive will not result in any data loss. We call this Point in Time Recovery.
The TeamDrive client creates snapshots of your spaces by default. This is what we call your folders, which you manage via TeamDrive. These snapshots are automatic backups of your data that you can restore at any time. In the event of a computer crash, hardware failure or even a Ransomware attack. This is possible with just a few clicks via the extended menu. Here you can also specify how short or long the intervals between automatic backups are. From 30 minutes to 7 days. In case of doubt, you lose just 30 minutes of data. But here we are only talking about the data of the infected computer. Not from your company data on your servers!
In short: Ransomware attack, ignore ransom demand, reinstall computer, restore data from TeamDrive, done! No ransom payments, no data loss, no financial loss due to protracted data recovery.
Protect your data with TeamDrive!
