Is Your Company Ready for a Possible Malware Attack?
Is Your Company Ready for a Possible Malware Attack?
Malware is created for dodging security systems, altering device operation and stealing confidential information to later ask for a ransom in exchange.
You surely may have heard more than once the word "malware"; another concept from the modern era we had to get used to. It comes from the words "malicious" and "software" and as its name indicates, it consists of a type of software whose purpose is harming the device where it is hosted.
The purpose of that virus is to attack the computer or user by getting installed on the computer or email, going undetected and being difficult to detect, which makes the work of safety teams harder.
Today there are lots of malware that can affect your system such as troyan informatic viruses, worms, spyware, adware or ransomware, but in addition, it is estimated that each day 390,000 new malware variables are detected, according to Akamai.
Every IT environment needs to be controlled and more or less complex tasks need to be carried out to ensure its proper work during all its lifespan
Malware types
Nowadays, no company is free from becoming the target of a malware attack, regardless of its type, whether public or private, their objective is pretty broad and wide ranging. As a basis, it is important to keep in mind some details to prevent them as much as possible. Here we talk about:
- Ransomware: It is a virus that takes your data as hostages and asks for a ransom in turn. It gets inside the different malicious software, blocks machines and shows a message that warns about the attack.
- Trojan: In this case, the virus is inside a program, or pretends to be one just as if it were a Trojan horse (that's what its name comes from). While accessing the device, it goes unnoticed, while it executes malicious actions to open a door to other viruses.
- Spyware: It consists of a virus that follows up navigation activity, compilling information about the victim and sends it to another entity with malicious intentions.
- Computer virus: Its objective is that of altering the work of a device, when executed, it infects files, takes control and spreads over the machine. It requires to be executed by the user and that's why it usually seems to have the name of known applications, to mislead you.
- Computer worm: With the same objective of the computer virus, but in this case it doesn't need to be executed by the user. It is a malware difficult to detect and it is very common to create Botnets.
- Adware: Unlike the previous ones, the objective of this malware is not that of harming the computer but that of creating an advertisement invasion, which can become quite inconvenient.
Better safe than sorry...
Today, no company is free from becoming the target of a malware attack, regardless of their type, whther public or private, its goal is broad and varied. As a basis it is important to keep in mind some details to prevent them as much as possible. We could include aspects such as:
- Overwatch download pages on the Internet, retorting always to official pages.
- Be on the watch for emails, usually you may even receive fake emails with fraudulent purposes.
- Exercise caution if you're going to download programs in P2P networks.
Even though the most important point is to take all possible measures and have a good antivirus, there are times when the attack takes place anyway. In this case, experts advice to not give in to threats and recommend to always have an updated backup with the most important information.
But for a safer result, it is better to have certified security systems. An interesting option is the one offered by Uniway, which counts on managed services, both for work stations and servers, so that they can be as propected as possible in face of these situations, and avoiding information theft, data encryption, etc. that can deter or disrupt the continuity of your business. It is a fact that evry computing environment needs to be controlled as well as carrying out more or less complex tasks to ensure its proper work during all of its lifespan, so Uniway's service features are no doubt of great value.
