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How Do You Get Ransomware? 5 Main Sources in 2019

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It quietly makes its way past your security defenses into the heart of your data and keeps it hostage until you pay a ransom. Many of these attacks prey upon human nature by using social engineering tactics to trick a user into inadvertently allowing ransomware onto their system, under the guise of something legitimate.

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Security Awareness Training across an SMB Organization

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The best technology cannot account for the actions and specifically the mistakes that humans can make which may totally undermine the solution that technology provides. This is especially true in the world of security. These can include viruses, trojans, worms, spyware and adware.