Cyber crime is a word many know, but aren’t sure how to stay safe from it or what it entirely means. The definition of cyber crime is “criminal activities carried out by means of computers or the Internet.”. Most people are  aware that you can carry crimes out from your computer, but don’t know how to stay safe from them. You don’t want to be a victim of cyber-crime, because 60 percent of companies who are go out of business. While it is impossible to stay secure from every single threat there are ways to reduce the impact of being a victim of cyber-crime that are outlined below.

Can I avoid being a victim to cyber crime?

None  of our clients have been victims to  cyber criminals since they hired us to secure their sites, help secure their employees being tricked by deceptive tricks whether in email, phone or in-person.

To protect yourself from cyber-crime don’t put random things you find into your computer, for example if you find a flash drive, also known as a usb drive on the ground don’t put it into any device.  Criminals put these in areas where they hope a victim will pick up and connect it to their machine, thus hacking their system.  It isn’t just flash drives and usb drives cyber-criminals use, it’s anything you can connect to a computer whether it’s a dvd, cd, etc.

Another part of protecting yourself from cyber-criminals is facing reality and accepting the fact that your website isn’t secure. Once you do that, you can hire a cyber security company like ours, whose founder has over 20 years of experience in security and gets the best cyber-security experts to help make your site far more secure.  You can reduce the impact a hack would have on your company by reducing what information you store online, making backups constantly and using email protection against common fraudulent emails, also known as phishing emails.

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Wannacry ransomware is a new piece of ransomware that’s made a lot of news, however the likelyhood of you needing to worry isn’t that high.

How does wannacry ransomware work?

If you are using Windows 10, you have nothing to worry about. Anyone using Windows 10 is secure from wannacry ransomware. Anyone using a version of Windows below Windows 10 needs to go to Windows Updates and do an update immediately.

Wasn’t the Wannacry Ransomware stopped by a researcher?

The first version was, however there are several new versions of the wannacry ransomware that made it so they aren’t affected by the way they stopped that ransomware.

I use Windows XP, how do I protect myself from all versions of wannacry?

Microsoft was very kind and sent out an emergency update for Windows XP users to install from the Windows update tool. Windows XP usually doesn’t get updates anymore, unless there is an emergency where Microsoft makes an exception and gets you a patch. If you are on Windows XP, you should update to a newer operating system if at all possible. Windows XP is 13 years old and rarely ever gets support from Microsoft, since they no longer support it except under emergency situations.

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