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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 2416853, member: 59677&quot;]It&#039;s unlikely that the ransomware is slurping a lot of files - even on a fast connection (200Mbps) it takes weeks to xfer a terabyte.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have not heard that they are doing this, but they certainly could be targetting things like bitcoin wallets, password files (things like lastpass or pasword.txt, .doc, etc.) on an opportunistic basis. Slurp it and If one of a few hundred common passwords opens lastpass, then they have the keys to all your acccounts... if not, next victim.</p><p><br /></p><p>To protect yourself, you need to have a multiple tier AND TESTED backup strategy. It&#039;s not enough to just backup every few weeks or months. These programs take time to encrypt all your files, time during which the software pretends nothing has happened and silently decrypts files when you open them. Once everything is encrypted that is when you see the ransom request.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the routine backups can be backing up already encrypted files. This means you need enough backup storage to hold several weeks worth of copies to ensure you have the latest unencrypted files. Just writing over last nights backup each night isn&#039;t going to protect you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ignore the low key sales pitch, this is a good description of how it works... <a href="https://www.backblaze.com/blog/cryptowall-ransomware-recovery/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.backblaze.com/blog/cryptowall-ransomware-recovery/" rel="nofollow">https://www.backblaze.com/blog/cryptowall-ransomware-recovery/</a> and follow the link to the 3-2-1 strategy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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