CYBER INSIGHTS: Friday 18 October 2024 – Today’s SME Cybersecurity News & Intelligence

2). RANSOMWARE: Ransomware can affect us all, from individuals, small business, public sector & large organisations. The UK NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) has created a guide to ransomware. Ransomware is a type of malware which prevents you from accessing your device and the data stored on it, usually by encrypting your files. A criminal group will then demand a ransom in exchange for decryption. The computer itself may become locked, or the data on it might be encrypted, stolen or deleted. The attackers may also threaten to leak the data they steal.