SEI Issues Advice on Ransomware

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SEI Issues Advice on Ransomware [ https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2017/06/01/SEI-Issues-Advice-Ransomware 
] 06/01/2017 09:46 PM EDT 
Original release date: June 01, 2017

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) of Carnegie Mellon University has released a blog post on best practices for 
preventing and responding to ransomware. This common malware captures, encrypts, and holds your data to extort a 
ransom. SEIs top recommendation to thwart ransomware attacks is to back up your important files regularly.

US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review SEI's blog post [ 
https://insights.sei.cmu.edu/sei_blog/2017/05/ransomware-best-practices-for-prevention-and-response.html ] and 
US-CERT's Security Publication on Ransomware [ https://www.us-cert.gov/security-publications/Ransomware ] for more 
information.

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