TechRepublic: How to avoid ransomware attacks: 10 tips

As ransomware increasingly targets healthcare organizations, schools and government agencies, security experts offer advice to help IT leaders prepare and protect.

By Alison DeNisco
July 27, 2016

Nigerian princes are no longer the only menaces lurking in an employee's inbox. For healthcare organizations, schools, government agencies and many businesses, ransomware attacks -- an especially sinister type of malware delivered through spear phishing emails that locks up valuable data assets and demands a ransom to release them -- are a rapidly-growing security threat.

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