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https://blog.knowbe4.com/modern-ransomware-goes-after-data-backups
Modern Ransomware Goes After Data Backups
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Ransomware is using a variety of methods to reduce or nullify the effectiveness of data backups, writes Maria Korolov at CSO. Restoring from a backup is one of the best strategies that organizations can use to recover from a ransomware attack, so it’s obvious why attackers would want to target this data. Ransomware has been observed attacking shared network drives, Windows shadow copies, and any files that have backup file extensions. Some ransomware variants can even sync with the victim’s cloud service and encrypt files stored there. Newer ransomware is also using techniques that make it harder for organizations to know which backup to restore from, according to Bob Antia, CSO of Kaseya. Ransomware that’s slow-moving and stealthy can remain undetected for weeks or months, causing confusion when it finally activates. “These two techniques mean that it's difficult to know what point in time to recover to from your backups,” says Antia. “I expect that ransomware will continue to find trickier ways to hide themselves to make recovery more difficult.”
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