5 Easy Hacks to prevent WannaCry Ransomware Attacks and keep your System Safe!

 

Ransomware Prevention Hacks!

Hackers are using ransomware to hold your computer files and demand money in return. It has been witnessed that the first quarter of 2016, hackers were busy creating new domains and sub domains attacking the genuine ones for their ransomware operations.

 
There are a variety of ransomware attacks; however, everything ends up to social engineering tactics or using software vulnerabilities to soundlessly deploy on victim’s machine.

Ransomware attacks are very daunting. Encrypted data can be considered damaged beyond repair. However, prevention is better than cure. Having your system properly prepared will help you in curbing such attacks. Here are some ways to keep ransomware away from your machine.

Data Backup

The only biggest weapon to defeat ransomware is to regularly Backup your data. If attacked by ransomware, you will lose all your data. But, with backups you can start from where you left and restore all the lost data and rest easy. Backing up data not only protects you from ransomware but also in case of other disasters like theft, accidental deletion, flood, fire etc.

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What is the Importance of Scanning a Website and How to Choose a Scanner to Do That?

 

As technologies are increasing every moment, so we also desire to have more securities related features. The reason for craving more security is that the attackers are getting clever and even their techniques are getting advanced. So, there are pros and cons whenever we improve any technique. This situation is similar when it comes to protecting websites. Every website is prone to attacks through various methods. If you have a website then you will truly want to protect your and consumers’ data. The responsibility increases when your site is an e-commerce site. Whenever there are payments in your site’s scenario, your customers trust you and hence you need to keep up with their trust! Therefore, you require to scan your website without any arguments.

Nowadays, digital and online marketing is in a boom and everyone is out there, creating content for their blogs, products or services. Though it may seem simple it is not that easy. Many people use WordPress for their blogging as it is the most popular and easy one. Yet, the security of the site is the vital thing to maintain.

Easiness of any platform can help you in creating content but, you have to be proactive in tuning and fixing any problems with your site. To solve the problems, you must be knowing them. There exists various threats in this online world and attackers or hackers are constantly searching for vulnerable sites. If Facebook was hack-able, so where do you feel your site stands on the level of security. Now, you get why it is your duty to protect your website. So, what you can do and how to do? Let’s figure it out.

There are several kinds of bugs, malware, phishing attacks, DDoS attacks, injection attacks and the many more from which you need to protect your site. So, let’s check out the ways through which you can up the level of your site’s security-

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Why Should You Not Take Business Continuity Casually?

Let’s Start With Basics – What is Business Continuity?

The term – ‘Business Continuity’ is quite expressive, meaning the ability to continue the business should have even after something disrupting or destroying has happened. The capability to recover and sustain vital operations during, and also after a disaster happens is the definition of business continuity in the simplest terms. The planning of business continuity involves establishing the processes of risk management and methods meant to avoid disturbances in mission-critical operations. Also, it consists of managing the re-establishment of the organisation’s services in full-fledge as soon and smooth as possible.

In general terms, the culture of the organisation also plays a vital role in business continuity. You ask how? Well, let me explain.

On a broader scale, ‘culture’ is what we call the attitude and behaviour which people reflect on a day-to-day basis habitually. So, in specific terms, this business continuity culture means the full commitment of the people to mould and enhance business procedures and strategies. This way, everyone in the organisation together strives to attain a single goal, i.e., resilience, which finally contributes to the success of the company.

So, if you have to develop a business continuity culture in your organisation and want every person to follow it, then you will have to mention it in the terms for them so they can align with those. You can build an effective business continuity method by relating it with what your company actually sells.

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Audit Your Web Security with MTvScan Vulnerability Scanner

Your website is your brand and a virtual store for your business, but due to lack of awareness of the risks and consequences, one might face serious issues if the website is not protected. Business relations can suffer if your first point of contact – the website -- is not safe and secure. Cyber-attacks being reported every day because of the increasing amounts of vulnerable websites. However, the number of efforts being taken by the owners to stay ahead of the curve are not many. Hackers mainly use automated tools to find vulnerable sites no matter the size of the business. Small business owners don’t usually think about security for their website as they don’t see the importance of it. So they don’t set aside the funds and resources needed to safeguard their web presence.

You have spent countless hours of hard work on writing, designing and promoting your website and its content. You have a thriving business because your website is generating leads and eventually revenue. But what if suddenly, one day you lose your control on this website and all the hard work along with it? This scenario is very realistic and it could happen to you one day. You should know the importance of auditing your website for various types of threats like – malware in the website which will also affect site visitors, theft of customer’s data, retrieving client’s name and email addresses and even hijacking or crashing the site.


Protecting your website at all costs should be your agenda and with MTvScan, you can scan for each and every vulnerability in your website. Regularly scanning your website will ensure that there are zero issues in your site and you can smoothly run your business. MTvScan is a complete and advanced vulnerability scanner which examines different types of vulnerabilities in the purview of lurking danger.

The features of MTvScan are as follows:

1. Mail server IP Check in 58 RBL repositories
2. Scan SQL Injections for MySQL, MSSQL, PGSQL, Oracle databases
3. Domain reputation in Google, SURBL, Malware Patrol, Clean-Mx, Phishtank
4. Scan Local file injections (LFI)
5. Scan Remote file inclusion (RFI)
6. Scan XSS - Cross Site Scripting
7. Scan Malware
8. Detect and Scan CMS
9. Open Port Application Vulnerability detection
10. Directory Scanning
11. Detect open sensitive / admin area of the site
12. Scan for Directory Indexing
13. Scan Full Path disclosure in the pages
14. Scan Password auto complete enabled fields
15. Information disclosure
16. ViewState decoder
17. Scan password submission method
18. Authenticated area scanning
19. Reports
20. Robust Link Crawler
21. Backdoor WebShell Locater
22. WebShell Finder
23. Reverse IP domain check
24. Deep Application Testing
25. Botnet Monitoring
26. Defaced Keyword Monitoring
27. Content Change Monitoring
28. Schedule based Scan
29. SSL Check
30. Manual Scan
31. WAF Detection
32. CSRF Detection
33. ClickJack Protection Check
34. Page Source Scan
35. OS Detection
36. DNS Misconfiguration
37. Phishing Scan

MTvScan also scans for the Top 10 vulnerabilities detected and listed by Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP).

Organizations spend a fortune on securing their website because a lot of business comes from online presence. If there are any kind of security loopholes in your website then it can directly lead to loss of data, breach in privacy and decreased brand value. Threats which are present online will always remain a problem for website owners but keeping an eye on these threats will push the owners to take action on them. A healthy website will perform exceptionally if you take good care of it and scan it regularly.

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