A new strain of "ransomware" is striking

From CBS:

A new strain of "ransomware" is striking

Here's what he recommends to help deal with such attacks:

1. Test the restore function of your backups and make sure it works, and have a full set of backups offsite.
2. Start thinking about asynchronous real-time backups so you can restore files with a few mouse clicks.
3. Get rid of mapped drives and use UNC (universal naming convention) links for shared folders.
4. Look into Whitelisting software that only allows known-good executables to run.
5. Update or enforce security policy best practices, such as thorough security awareness training to prevent these types of infections to begin with because the infection vector is your end-user opening up an attachment or clicking on a link.