RANSOMWARE RESOURCES:
Here are some great links for websites when dealing with preventing, as well
as dealing with ransomware attacks. Please spend some time becoming fa-
miliar with them, and bookmarking them for future reference. And remem-
ber, if you have a good backup of all your critical files, its will save you in
more ways than one!
• https://www.nomoreransom.org/
o A website that hosts a number of ransomware decryption keys
• https://id-ransomware.malwarehunterteam.com/
o Here is a wonderful service that currently detects 750 different
ransomwares
• https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-back-up-your-digital-life/
! @Wired also has a great article explaining how to back up all
your data, which we NEED To do to save us from ransomware
(and accidental deletions and computer issues to be fair)
" https://www.cisa.gov/publication/ransomware-guide
" https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/featured/what-first-when-
your-company-suffers-ransomware-attack/
! Extremely useful guides by CISA and MS-ISAC that help you
both prepare for an unfortunate Ransomware attack, as well as
what to actually do if you are ever hit by one.
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-07-23/how-to-sur-
vive-ransomware-attack-without-paying-ransom
! Speaking of ransomware, this article is AWESOME. Will tell you
how to survive a ransomware attack without paying the hackers
• https://www.google.com/drive/
o Google Drive offers 15GB of FREE online storage space to start
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204247
o Apple iCloud has affordable cloud storage starting from 50GB for
$0.99/month
• https://www.dropbox.com/
o DropBox offers from 2-18GB free online storage to start, and
supports Apple and Windows systems
• https://www.crashplan.com/
o A brilliant cloud solution that allows you to automatically back up
your personal/business data, even if it sits on an external drive,
straight to the cloud (something iCloud doesn't offer)