{"id":42,"date":"2019-03-16T05:29:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T05:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namorgy.com\/blog\/?p=42"},"modified":"2019-03-16T05:29:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T05:29:50","slug":"beware-of-ransomware-small-businesses-can-take-these-simple-steps-to-protect-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.namorgy.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/16\/beware-of-ransomware-small-businesses-can-take-these-simple-steps-to-protect-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of ransomware: Small businesses can take these simple steps to protect themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/genemarksblog.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/12\/cropped-blog-header1214.jpg\" class=\"iii-article-image\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0; max-width: 250px; max-height: 150px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"iii-article-excerpt\">\n  Ever heard of GandCrab, Ryuk, BitPaymer, SamSam, or Matrix? They are all different forms of ransomware, a type of computer virus that for the last few years has wreaked havoc on businesses and organizations \u2014 big and small \u2014 around the world and is not going away anytime soon. It&#8217;s likely that your business has bumped into this problem.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"iii-article-source\">\n  Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/genemarksblog.wordpress.com\/2019\/03\/14\/beware-of-ransomware-small-businesses-can-take-these-simple-steps-to-protect-themselves\/\">Beware of ransomware: Small businesses can take these simple steps to protect themselves<\/a><br \/>\n  via genemarksblog.wordpress.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever heard of GandCrab, Ryuk, BitPaymer, SamSam, or Matrix? 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