Cyber Security by REDEXPER

Yes, any of your company’s endpoints could be an entry point for an attack. It is best practice to protect every device including servers, much the same way it is to have locks on all doors to protect from intruder. Every device is vulnerable and can be leveraged to compromise your other devices.

Often times, hackers are not targeting your small business, but instead are casting a wide net that small businesses get caught in. The primary driver for attacks on a small business is often money. How hackers extract money can vary widely, from stealing banking information, to holding sensitive data ransom.

Security solutions like Endpoint Protection and EDR can be more affordable for your small business than you might think. Having features like next-gen antivirus or ransomware rollback in place before an attack could save your small business from the losses a cyberattack can cause. Take a look at our business pricing to learn more about the value of small business cybersecurity.

Linux and Windows servers are often critical for business operations and are susceptible to attacks. These data-rich targets provide criminals opportunity for data theft and ransom of sensitive information. Malwarebytes offers security solutions to protect servers as well as endpoints.

Antivirus is software that is designed to detect, protect against, and remove malware on a computer or mobile device. Originally, it was created to protect against computer viruses, but now it's more of a general term to describe software that uses a combination of advanced technologies to protect against a variety of threats, including ransomware, spyware, and even never-before-seen zero day attacks. Early antivirus programs would compare software file signatures against a list of known viruses to see if they matched, and if so, block them. Today, cybersecurity companies like Malwarebytes employ several different methods to detect, block, or remove malware from a device.

Ransom malware, or ransomware, is a type of malware that prevents users from accessing their system or personal files and demands ransom payment in order to regain access. While some people might think "a virus locked my computer," ransomware would typically be classified as a different form of malware than a virus. The earliest variants of ransomware were developed in the late 1980s, and payment was to be sent via snail mail. Today, ransomware authors order that payment be sent via cryptocurrency or credit card, and attackers target individuals, businesses, and organizations of all kinds. Some ransomware authors sell the service to other cybercriminals, which is known as Ransomware-as-a-Service or RaaS.

You know how every year the medical community campaigns for everyone to get a flu shot?
That's because flu outbreaks typically have a season-a time of year when they start spreading and infecting people.
In contrast, there are no predictable seasonal infections for PCs, smartphones, tablets, and enterprise networks. For them, it's always flu season. But instead of suffering chills and body aches, users can fall ill from a kind of machine malady-malware. Each type of malware infection has its own methods of attack-from stealthy and sneaky to subtle like a sledgehammer. But if knowledge is power, as a preventative inoculation against infection, we offer here a short cybersecurity course on malware, what it is, its symptoms, how you get it, how to deal with it, and how to avoid it in the future.

Having endpoint security is crucial to protecting your business and customers. All Malwarebytes small business solutions have threat protection and if needed, threat eradication. Our EDR solution builds upon endpoint security to also offer attack isolation and ransomware rollback. If your workforce now includes remote workers, see our report Still enduring from home for information on securing a remote or hybrid workforce.