Ever since ransomware actors took to stealing and leaking data rather than merely encrypting it, they’ve have had to overcome the problem of how to exploit their success in a way that scales efficiently. If you leak data from a few victims, the answer is fairly simple: Post sample data on a dark web site […]
Sponsored Post: Jorge Mastere – Sr. Manager, Business Development – Palo Alto One way to look at changes in enterprise security in the era of the cloud is that the velocity of security events has shot up dramatically. Networks have become more open than ever, because so many employees are working remotely, and your business […]
Ransomware offers up few absolute certainties, but one that has become a given is that extortion payments are demanded in Bitcoin. It hasn’t always been so. In the very early days of ransomware from around 2006, extortionists had to rely on traditional channels to receive payments such as credit cards (believe it or not) and […]
Leaking private data to embarrass victims into paying a ransom is probably the least organizations should expect from ransomware criminals in 2023. Looking back over the last decade, it’s surprising criminals didn’t think of this tactic earlier. Encrypting files is hugely inconvenient but at least these can usually be restored with some effort. At some […]
Sponsored Post: Palo Alto Ransomware. This single word is foremost in the mind of so many IT managers the world over, and for good reason. According to the 2022 IBM cost of a Data Breach Report, the average cost of a ransomware breach was $4.54 million in 2022, and that doesn’t include the cost of […]
As the ransomware industry has expanded over the last decade, so have the number of sources attempting to track the phenomenon in all its financial and human horror. Today, keeping up with either has become a full-time job. Ransomware has become ubiquitous, but so have the mainly private sector security companies queuing up to tell […]
