{"id":2720,"date":"2013-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/cis-cyber-alert-releases-recommendations-to-combat-cryptolocker-malware\/"},"modified":"2013-11-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T00:00:00","slug":"cis-cyber-alert-releases-recommendations-to-combat-cryptolocker-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/cis-cyber-alert-releases-recommendations-to-combat-cryptolocker-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"CIS Cyber Alert Releases Recommendations to Combat CryptoLocker Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I wrote about CryptoLocker in Offsite Backup: Thwarting the Profitable Encryption Malware Cryptolocker<\/a><\/em>, the well-known malware that is categorized as \u2018ransomware’ – it encrypts files on your computer and refuses to decrypt until you pay the malware authors a fee. To help combat the malware spread, CIS (Center for Internet Security) released some pointers for organizations concerned about possible infection:<\/p>\n

Block\u00a0traffic to a number of IP addresses at your network perimeter devices to prevent the malware from getting the encryption key from the C2 server.<\/em> These are just a few (see the rest of them here<\/a>):<\/p>\n