Be careful with USB device - Ransomware can now spread thru them

REMEMBER:
 Backup is important . More important than that is to ensure that your Backup device is disconnected from your computer (before and after the backup)

Newly spotted ZCryptor ransomware has also the ability to spread like a worm

It encrypts all files that sport one of 88 extension

changes their extensions to .zcrypt

Once it infects a system, it also copies itself on removable drives, in the hopes that the same drives will end up plugged into another system and spread the infection



For more info:
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/05/27/zcryptor-ransomware-spreads-via-removable-drives/