{"id":3448,"date":"2022-05-31T13:03:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T12:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/?p=3448"},"modified":"2022-05-31T13:03:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T12:03:05","slug":"how-malware-works-and-how-to-protect-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/31\/how-malware-works-and-how-to-protect-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"How Malware Works AND How to Protect Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"3449\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/31\/how-malware-works-and-how-to-protect-yourself\/how-malware-works-and-how-to-protect-yourself\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-Malware-works-AND-How-to-Protect-Yourself.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"How Malware Works AND How to Protect Yourself\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-Malware-works-AND-How-to-Protect-Yourself-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-Malware-works-AND-How-to-Protect-Yourself-1024x576.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-Malware-works-AND-How-to-Protect-Yourself-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-Malware-works-AND-How-to-Protect-Yourself-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-Malware-works-AND-How-to-Protect-Yourself-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-Malware-works-AND-How-to-Protect-Yourself-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-Malware-works-AND-How-to-Protect-Yourself-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/How-Malware-works-AND-How-to-Protect-Yourself.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You cannot know how to protect yourself from malware if you don&#8217;t know how your system is vulnerable, the ways in which you may be attacked and how, if you are attacked, the whole process works.  We show you how malware works from the point of view of both the victim and attacker.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have been unfortunate enough to experience a malware attack before, you may be familiar with SOME of the ways used from a victims point of view but rarely do we also get to see what happens from the attackers view.  In our latest video, we lift the lid on this mystery.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us as we look through the interactive demonstrations of how attacks exploit your system and use ransomware, bitcoin miners in the form of trojans and keyloggers to breach your security, destroy your data and steal your personal information.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re a techie or not, you can find out the key to being safe online and ensure that you don&#8217;t fall victim to a devastating cyberattack.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EI--a8R-fFg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=34&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re you able to get 100% in the quiz as well?  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