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How is backup software beneficial to computer security and not detrimental?
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<blockquote data-quote="cruelsister" data-source="post: 746594" data-attributes="member: 7463"><p>Hi yellow! Personally I image my system because I have files that I personally consider too critical to be lost. I image not because of that I fear malware issues, but instead because I learned (a very hard lesson) that there are two types of storage- those that HAVE failed and those that WILL fail.</p><p></p><p>But to your points: One can make an image and store it either Locally (on an external drive or on a secondary earmarked for that purpose), or Externally in the Cloud.</p><p></p><p>1). For images stored locally, I am aware of certain ransomware that will seek out and encrypt images. However, among the majors (Like Macrium, Acronis). only Macrium Free will allow such modification. Note that this modification inability would also extend to other theoretical malware. As to your example of something opening and adding malware to an image, I have never ever heard of such things either in the Wild nor as a POC. If you know of something, please let me know! Also I would fail to see the point as something that could potentially deeply infect an Image could much easier infect the actual running system. The Game just would not be worth the Candle.</p><p></p><p>2). External Storage- I would never upload ANY files I deemed important to the Cloud. In my previous employment I would have been shot (or at least sternly spoken to) for doing so. But as the majors will let one Password protect an image, I strongly suspect that anyone reading this message is not important enough for a Blackhat to attempt to decrypt that image, especially as it may take a few weeks more than the End of Time to do so.</p><p></p><p>But to sum up, if you don't want to image your system I don't think that anyone here will really care...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cruelsister, post: 746594, member: 7463"] Hi yellow! Personally I image my system because I have files that I personally consider too critical to be lost. I image not because of that I fear malware issues, but instead because I learned (a very hard lesson) that there are two types of storage- those that HAVE failed and those that WILL fail. But to your points: One can make an image and store it either Locally (on an external drive or on a secondary earmarked for that purpose), or Externally in the Cloud. 1). For images stored locally, I am aware of certain ransomware that will seek out and encrypt images. However, among the majors (Like Macrium, Acronis). only Macrium Free will allow such modification. Note that this modification inability would also extend to other theoretical malware. As to your example of something opening and adding malware to an image, I have never ever heard of such things either in the Wild nor as a POC. If you know of something, please let me know! Also I would fail to see the point as something that could potentially deeply infect an Image could much easier infect the actual running system. The Game just would not be worth the Candle. 2). External Storage- I would never upload ANY files I deemed important to the Cloud. In my previous employment I would have been shot (or at least sternly spoken to) for doing so. But as the majors will let one Password protect an image, I strongly suspect that anyone reading this message is not important enough for a Blackhat to attempt to decrypt that image, especially as it may take a few weeks more than the End of Time to do so. But to sum up, if you don't want to image your system I don't think that anyone here will really care... [/QUOTE]
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