Security News > 2020 > January > PCs still running Windows 7 will soon be significantly more at risk of ransomware

PCs still running when Windows 7 reaches end of life on the 14th of January will be significantly more at risk of ransomware, Veritas Technologies has warned.

Businesses running Windows 7 should prepare themselves in order to avoid the impact that vulnerability to ransomware could have on their organizations.

Saving valued data to centralized servers, data centers or to the cloud can help reduce risk.

With an air-gapped data backup solution, businesses have the much safer, and more reliable option, of simply restoring their data.

"This type of ransomware attack tends to have a disproportionate effect on organizations that can afford ransoms least - for example, we saw high-profile attacks on public sector bodies in 2017. So, it's critical for those running Windows 7 to act now and put plans in place to ensure that they are able to protect themselves. Organizations need to understand their data and make sure that information is being stored in the right place where it can be protected and made available when needed," Wood concluded.

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