Ransomware Protection - Chris Titus Tech
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Date: 2022-03-21
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Shri
Hey, I am Shriram. Once my windows 10 system was compromised to ransomeware, my project works was lost. I am not so tech savvy but, after then I managed to make a Hackintosh in my AMD machine. From then on I store my important data in Mac, and use windows only for gaming. Then I came to know about linux. It was said that linux had more stable release and more secure than Macs. So I tested out Ubuntu. Now after gaining significant knowledge with ubuntu and knowledge about package managers, I would like to change my distro. I need a rolling release and also need a lot mare privacy out of the box, and also a software centre like in ubuntu. Now I really have a hard time in choosing my bistro. I have watched ur linux distro videos. But the more I search the more I get confused. Can u please suggest me one distro? I need something like Qubes os. But unfortunately my amd is not compatible with Qubes os. I have used ubuntu just to store my important data. but now I am like really need to get into the linux next level , but should be user friendly and should use the distro in day to day usage. So I really need some help in choosing my distro.
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Hey, I am Shriram. Once my windows 10 system was compromised to ransomeware, my project works was lost. I am not so tech savvy but, after then I managed to make a Hackintosh in my AMD machine. From then on I store my important data in Mac, and use windows only for gaming. Then I came to know about linux. It was said that linux had more stable release and more secure than Macs. So I tested out Ubuntu. Now after gaining significant knowledge with ubuntu and knowledge about package managers, I would like to change my distro. I need a rolling release and also need a lot mare privacy out of the box, and also a software centre like in ubuntu. Now I really have a hard time in choosing my bistro. I have watched ur linux distro videos. But the more I search the more I get confused. Can u please suggest me one distro? I need something like Qubes os. But unfortunately my amd is not compatible with Qubes os. I have used ubuntu just to store my important data. but now I am like really need to get into the linux next level , but should be user friendly and should use the distro in day to day usage. So I really need some help in choosing my distro.
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jjjacer
I had someone that had this happen to them, no backups. well i got rid of the ransomeware and backed up the encrypted files incase they every got the decryptor tool released as at the time there was no decryption.
6 months later i saw the ransomeware team released the public key (i think it was teslacrypt), and i still had my customers backup stored on my server incase, checked and was able to recover all his files (around 4000 word documents)
after that we got him on a backup service and had him keep more copies on his flash drives.
Also when i did tech support for some extended care facilities we would see them get ransomeware that encrypted the shared folders on the network almost monthly. and just last year the same company i used to work for had their own servers encrypted after an employee got infected (including AD/Email/Citrix) which knocked out thousands of their customers services. they basically had to restore hundreds of servers from backups
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I had someone that had this happen to them, no backups. well i got rid of the ransomeware and backed up the encrypted files incase they every got the decryptor tool released as at the time there was no decryption.
6 months later i saw the ransomeware team released the public key (i think it was teslacrypt), and i still had my customers backup stored on my server incase, checked and was able to recover all his files (around 4000 word documents)
after that we got him on a backup service and had him keep more copies on his flash drives.
Also when i did tech support for some extended care facilities we would see them get ransomeware that encrypted the shared folders on the network almost monthly. and just last year the same company i used to work for had their own servers encrypted after an employee got infected (including AD/Email/Citrix) which knocked out thousands of their customers services. they basically had to restore hundreds of servers from backups
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Waupaca
Does windows ransom ware protect - protect sub folders of the selected protected folder. Be advised Realtor here - i got ransomed and the locked files were synced up to one drive and then down to my other synced computer - one drive is not backup protection - had a backup but the key to a backup is having that drive NOT connected when you get hit - a second backup drive that is connected might also get ransomed - if you have a second drive in you computer once you back up it need to be un-mounted the backup drive each time to be safe - i use an external passport drive to back up and then just pull the usb plug out of the computer thanks
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Does windows ransom ware protect - protect sub folders of the selected protected folder. Be advised Realtor here - i got ransomed and the locked files were synced up to one drive and then down to my other synced computer - one drive is not backup protection - had a backup but the key to a backup is having that drive NOT connected when you get hit - a second backup drive that is connected might also get ransomed - if you have a second drive in you computer once you back up it need to be un-mounted the backup drive each time to be safe - i use an external passport drive to back up and then just pull the usb plug out of the computer thanks
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Bogus
The best policy I can suggest is
1. Install windows any version on small drive, preferably SSD - 120 GB ( C drive ) .
2. Keep all the data on ZFS NAS with snapshot enabled for every 5 minutes for whole day, and daily snapshot for 2 months.
3. Make sure that your nas or Linux Box with ZFS has at-least z2 redundancy for potential hdd failures. That's it. You can recover in hardly 5 minutes even after worst virus attack including ransomware.
Use this method, if you want to stick to windows. Else install Linux [ any distribution ] and have fun. No ransomeware on Linux or Mac.
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The best policy I can suggest is
1. Install windows any version on small drive, preferably SSD - 120 GB ( C drive ) .
2. Keep all the data on ZFS NAS with snapshot enabled for every 5 minutes for whole day, and daily snapshot for 2 months.
3. Make sure that your nas or Linux Box with ZFS has at-least z2 redundancy for potential hdd failures. That's it. You can recover in hardly 5 minutes even after worst virus attack including ransomware.
Use this method, if you want to stick to windows. Else install Linux [ any distribution ] and have fun. No ransomeware on Linux or Mac.
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gwgux
That bit on multiple backup methods is extremely important and one that is next to impossible to get a business to spend money on as many non-tech savvy execs still believe that one backup is enough. Case in point, if you run a popular backup software like Veeam or do backups via scripting, there are malware out there that attack and delete said backups or will seek and encrypt those backed up files so you can't use them. If you have only one backup method, find a way to limit access to the backups so they are not accessible unless a backup/restore is running.
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That bit on multiple backup methods is extremely important and one that is next to impossible to get a business to spend money on as many non-tech savvy execs still believe that one backup is enough. Case in point, if you run a popular backup software like Veeam or do backups via scripting, there are malware out there that attack and delete said backups or will seek and encrypt those backed up files so you can't use them. If you have only one backup method, find a way to limit access to the backups so they are not accessible unless a backup/restore is running.
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Wally
happened to me last night thousands of pics and videos plus Movies games GONE in a blink of an eye i just started from scratch....
so the things that was not infected was software setups and the reason was cause they have this .exe in in its name so i just renamed my hard drive to C.exe tip 2 just stay away from those naughty fake sites also try to buy stuff dont go with cracked soft.
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happened to me last night thousands of pics and videos plus Movies games GONE in a blink of an eye i just started from scratch....
so the things that was not infected was software setups and the reason was cause they have this .exe in in its name so i just renamed my hard drive to C.exe tip 2 just stay away from those naughty fake sites also try to buy stuff dont go with cracked soft.
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John
You should never pay a ransom - they're criminals - they have no reason to give you your files back. Sometimes they do want to give them back to you, but they're sloppy and they lose the key they used to encrypt your files, so they're unable to decrypt the files no matter what, but of course they won't tell you that and they're waiting for your money anyway.
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You should never pay a ransom - they're criminals - they have no reason to give you your files back. Sometimes they do want to give them back to you, but they're sloppy and they lose the key they used to encrypt your files, so they're unable to decrypt the files no matter what, but of course they won't tell you that and they're waiting for your money anyway.
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Martin
I'm so glad I switched to Linux. Microsoft fired most of their testing team and the results speak for themselves. Early Linux was buggy but that is now largely a thing of the past. Like Joe Collins said, -it's possible that you could get a virus on Linux but it's also possible that you could go outside and get hit in the head by a meteor. Think about it.
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I'm so glad I switched to Linux. Microsoft fired most of their testing team and the results speak for themselves. Early Linux was buggy but that is now largely a thing of the past. Like Joe Collins said, -it's possible that you could get a virus on Linux but it's also possible that you could go outside and get hit in the head by a meteor. Think about it.
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Masuhiro
Hi Chris, yesterday I see some videos of FBI that shows some processes to political campaigns use and get information to protect their environments. And one that I'm trying to understand how to do is Disable cache (or storing) of web pages or other content, or set the cache size to zero. Can you help me to set this?
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Hi Chris, yesterday I see some videos of FBI that shows some processes to political campaigns use and get information to protect their environments. And one that I'm trying to understand how to do is Disable cache (or storing) of web pages or other content, or set the cache size to zero. Can you help me to set this?
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Road
Some ransomware actively searches the subnet it's on to look for backups, encrypt them first and then encrypt the - live- files. So don't store you backups in the same network. I'm also surprised that Back Blaze can offer this service so cheap. You sure they are legit and that your data is really YOUR data?
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Some ransomware actively searches the subnet it's on to look for backups, encrypt them first and then encrypt the - live- files. So don't store you backups in the same network. I'm also surprised that Back Blaze can offer this service so cheap. You sure they are legit and that your data is really YOUR data?
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