Guest blogger Kyle Arola is an IT specialist at the University of Florida.
In light of the recent malware attack known as WannaCry, I have listed the most important things you need to do while working online to keep yourself safe. These recommendations are for PC, MAC, and Linux users, even though the latter two were not impacted by this attack, this time. Don’t worry MAC users, your time is coming!
We are seeing more MAC specific attacks as Apple continues to increase their market share.
In 2016, over $1 Billion dollars was reportedly paid to unlock Ransomware attacks. This amount does not include unreported payments! Security experts tracking WannyCry are reporting that even upon payment, the decryption keys are not being provided by the attackers and you will NOT recover your data!!!!! You are going to lose your money and data so please, compute safely!