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Resolution What Is Ransomware? Ransomware is a family of malware which attempts to encrypt files on end user computers and then demands some form of e-payment to recover the encrypted files.  Ransomware is one of the more common threats in the modern threat landscape; there are many different variants, an infection can cost a lot of money to recover from, and the actors responsible for the infections are driven to generate as much revenue as possible by extorting their victims. This article will serve as a general guideline for some best practices to help keep a network free of ransomware infections. How Is Ransomware Delivered? Ransomware is delivered to targets primarily through these avenues: Phishing emails may contain malicious attachments. These attachments are not always delivered in executable form; as security vendors and security best practices dictate that receiving executables via email is, in general, something we want to prevent, threat actors have

Using Internet Service in policy  : Fortigate This recipe shows how to apply a predefined Internet Service entry into a policy. The Internet Service Database is a comprehensive public IP address database that combines IP address range, IP owner, service port number, and IP security credibility. The data comes from the FortiGuard service system. Information is regularly added to this database, for example, geographic location, IP reputation, popularity & DNS, and so on. All this information helps users define Internet security more effectively. You can use the contents of the database as criteria for inclusion or exclusion in a policy. From FortiOS version 5.6, Internet Service is included in the firewall policy. It can be applied to a policy only as a destination object. From version 6.0, Internet Service can be applied both as source and destination objects in a policy. You can also apply Internet Services to shaping policy. There are three types of Internet Services you