Marketplace®

Daily business news and economic stories
May 16, 2017

05/16/2017: How to prevent a ransomware attack on your computer

By now, you’ve likely heard about the malicious ransomware that spread like wildfire across computer networks using Microsoft’s products. Matthew Green, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, joins us to talk about how users can keep safe and the primary motive behind the hacker(s) actions. Plus: Imraan Ismail, co-creator of the new virtual reality film “The Protectors,” on why the medium hasn’t become all that common yet. 

05/16/2017: How to prevent a ransomware attack on your computer
Stephen Lam/Getty Images

Subscribe:

By now, you’ve likely heard about the malicious ransomware that spread like wildfire across computer networks using Microsoft’s products. Matthew Green, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, joins us to talk about how users can keep safe and the primary motive behind the hacker(s) actions. Plus: Imraan Ismail, co-creator of the new virtual reality film “The Protectors,” on why the medium hasn’t become all that common yet.