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CybersecuritySimplified Ransomware

Ransomware is malicious software that encrypts files on a computer and demands ransom payment to regain access. It can spread from infected devices to other networked computers. An employee received a link that installed ransomware, encrypting all their files until payment. Microsoft 365 Business Premium provides multilayer protection against ransomware through tools like Defender for Office 365 and Defender for Business, which detect and block malicious emails, links, and apps to prevent infection. It also helps recover files through versioning if ransomware succeeds in encrypting files stored on OneDrive for Business.

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CybersecuritySimplified Ransomware

Ransomware is malicious software that encrypts files on a computer and demands ransom payment to regain access. It can spread from infected devices to other networked computers. An employee received a link that installed ransomware, encrypting all their files until payment. Microsoft 365 Business Premium provides multilayer protection against ransomware through tools like Defender for Office 365 and Defender for Business, which detect and block malicious emails, links, and apps to prevent infection. It also helps recover files through versioning if ransomware succeeds in encrypting files stored on OneDrive for Business.

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Cybersecurity simplified: ransomware

Ransomware is malicious software that blocks access to a computer or files until a sum of money is paid. Encryption
should protect your data and files, but ransomware uses encryption to take files hostage, locking you out of your
documents, photos, and videos. Plus, an infected PC can spread the ransomware to other computers on your network.
Say your employee receives an email from a friend that includes a link to a video showing how to use chopsticks to
make heart shapes out of boiled eggs. Intrigued, your employee follows the link and is asked to select Run. Later,
everything on their screen changes color, and a window appears informing them that all the files on the computer have
been hijacked and encrypted. The employee won’t be able to access anything unless they pay a ransom.

Three ways Microsoft 365 Business Premium protects your company against ransomware
Microsoft 365 Business Premium provides multilayer protection against ransomware:
1. It uses Microsoft Defender for Office 365 to help protect against malware and other malicious content in
emails, routing messages with unknown attachments to a “sandbox” and not delivering attachments if it detects
suspicious activity. Also, the Safe Links feature checks hyperlinks each time a user clicks them and blocks the
destination if it deems the site malicious.
2. Microsoft 365 Business Premium also uses Defender for Business to help protect devices. Defender for Business
goes beyond traditional device antivirus: threat and vulnerability management thwarts attacks before they occur,
and both endpoint detection and response (EDR) and automated investigation and response defend against
manual and targeted attacks. EDR even protects users tricked into bypassing defenses in a highly targeted
scenario, detecting and stopping suspicious behaviors automatically and correlating multiple, related alerts into a
single incident for reporting and follow-up. Defender for Business helps prevent unauthorized access to common
folders so that unauthorized apps, scripts, and executables as well as ransomware that attempts to encrypt files in
these locations will be blocked.

3. Microsoft 365 Business Premium helps recover files after a successful ransomware attack, too. Files stored in
OneDrive for Business are automatically versioned, so you can recover versions that predate the ransomware.

Get started:
Learn more about Microsoft 365 Business Premium at https://aka.ms/m365bweb

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