As we come to the end of the month the global statics show that it has been an unstable month with the overall threat report showing continues fluctuations. Among various threats the phishing readings have been most stable and the executable have been the most unstable threat through the month. However, all of these graphs have taken a great dip in the last reading taken yesterday. The threat parameters vary from week to week and eScan has efficiently tracked it with the help of server hits.
Now, in the analysis of the next graph we try to measure the scale of the issues and emphasize on the periods when the ransomware attacks were at its peak.
Analyzing the Ransomware daily stats we see the beginning of the month had a lot of oscillations while the latter half was comparatively passive. Ransomware invasion on the networks keep occurring every now and then. The hourly record of ransomware attack shows us how, the miscreants are constantly on the lookout for weak spots where they can sneak in and carry out encryption activities. EScan researchers found around 3 huge spikes during the week with decreasing intensities. Friday being the end of the work week gave criminals more opportunities to creep in with ransomware attacks. Hence organizations and individuals should at all-time be on the watch, be it the start of the week or end, online attacks are just behind the door.
Solution:
- Keep your antivirus software updated constantly, this will protect you from all types of threats from the network
- Make sure you download apps and updates from Google play store or official websites.
- Download apps from trusted site and do check the user ratings on it before you download
- Make sure all the basic softer on your system is up-to-date like Oracle, Java and Adobe.
- Follow the 3-D security policy in organizations, Understand Requirements to decide on a suitable security policy, train you staff on the policy and finally implement the policy.
- Make sure you either implement MailScan at gateway level or enable Mail Anti-virus on the endpoint in order to block extensions such as *.EXE, *.SCR, *.JS, *.VBE etc. These attachments would infect your system.
- Check an emails only if trust the source.
- eScanAV Anti-Virus Toolkit (MWAV) is a FREE utility that enables you to scan and clean Viruses, Spyware, Adware and any other Malware that may have infected your computer.
- Regularly backup all your important files.
