Catching ransomware on the wire before it locks the file server

Corporate networks keep sensitive files off individual workstations and store them on shared servers that staff reach through mapped network drives. That arrangement hands ransomware operators a target worth chasing. A single compromised laptop can begin encrypting files that live on a server across the building, and the encryption travels over the network as ordinary file-sharing traffic. Endpoint detection tools watch the machine they run on. When the encryption lands on a remote file server, … More → The post Catching ransomware on the wire before it locks the file server appeared first on Help Net Security.