Cyber Security

The value of cybersecurity is mounting. Our world is becoming more digitally dependent than it has ever been and there’s no indication that this change will reverse. Personal information which may lead to identity fraud is now shared on our social media profiles to the internet. The cloud computing systems such as google drive now store personal information such as social security numbers, credit card information and bank account data.
Whether you’re an individual, small business or a large international, the fact is, you depend on computers daily. Combine this with the rise in cloud services, poor security of the cloud service, mobile devices as well as the Internet of Things (IoT) and we have a wide variety of security risks that did not exist a few generations earlier. While the skillsets seem more equivalent, we have to know the difference between cybersecurity and data security.

Ransomware is malware that plagues your computer and shows notifications that require a payment to be paid so that your system can function again. This category of virus is a criminal money-making technique that can be installed in an email, instant message or webpages via misleading links. It has the ability to lock valuable, specified files with a password or encryption.

The simplest kind of ransomware is scareware. It utilizes frighten or intimidation techniques to trick people into having to pay out. It also can come in the form of fraudulent antivirus program, where a message appears eventually pretending that your computer does have serious problems and a purchase is required to fix them!
The tier of this sort of attack differs. People can also be bombarded with unending warnings and pop-up notifications. The device would some often cease to function at all. Yet another type of ransomware may defame a law enforcement agency by launching a site that seems to be from a local law enforcement authority and pretending that the computer user has been spotted doing prohibited online activities. Documents are locked into tough-to-crack, encrypted files, making recoverability impossible for users unless the ransom has been paid.

Chicago Computer Clinic can evaluate the corporation for numerous security checks that provide a simple, easy-to-understand cyber security ranking, and automatically identify compromised passwords and information exposes in S3 buckets, Rsync servers, GitHub repos, and more.
The major difference between Chicago Computer Clinic and other sellers of security evaluations is that our experience in stopping data breaches and data leaks is very well known.