Do You Know What Ransomware Is?

Yes you guessed right! They are a bunch of malwares cyber criminals now deploy with extreme dexterity to attack your business. Ransomware now appears to be the biggest malware threat in the world. According to security researchers, the number of ransomware victims increased by a shocking 550 percent in less than a year, from 131,000 in 2015 to 718,000 in 2016.

Why has ransomware become such a big and universal problem? It is because currently, it does not just affect big businesses, it appears as if cyber criminals are increasingly targeting small businesses too. Considering the number of small businesses out there online, you can just imagine the enormity of the problem. These wares are very deadly for your small business and they can wipe you out completely in a matter of seconds. They are that dangerous.

There is hope though. You can with some deliberate care protect your small business from ransomware. Here is how. You should be extremely careful with attachments and links sent to you via email, even from people you trust. That is one very vital tip since the most used ransomware vector now, according to security researchers, is through emails with malicious attachments and links to infected websites. The next tip is precautionary. It is vital for small businesses to always have a backup of important files offsite. With backup offsite files, you could just easily restore your important files from your offsite backup if you ever get hit by any ransomware variant. However, the best form of protection is to avoid getting hit at all. That is cheaper and safer for you and your business.

“No pains, no gains. To get the prize, you must pay the price.”

 

Do You Know That Wealth is a Choice?

By the way, so is poverty. The choice of whether to be rich or poor is open to everyone no matter his race, sex or color. What you get is through deliberate efforts not by chance. Chance numbers only work in a casino. Anyone who gambles with his or her life must pay a stiff price at the end of the day. The person, who has the best idea, does the best business and consequently makes the most money. This has little or nothing to do with your physical strength and or composition. It is purely a mind and action thing. 

Psychologists generally agree that “there is a deep tendency in human nature to become precisely like that which you habitually imagine yourself to be.”  If you avoid thinking poor, you can avoid poverty. Anybody can therefore make money and be wealthy if they do the right things with the requisite passion. There are no obstacles to making money other than those in your mind. If the mind is subject to everyone’s control, why should some people be jobless and poor? People who choose to apply themselves positively make money while those who refuse or neglect to apply themselves usefully and adequately remain poor. This choice is open to everyone. It is a matter of choice not chance.