It just keeps getting easier to create ransomware. Last year, schoolkids were doing it. Just last month, ransomware went open source. And now ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware. But just how big a threat is this, really? In the real world, the part where AIs can write code isn’t particularly scary. […]
Sponsored Post: Bart Lenaerts-Bergmans, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Intel, CrowdStrike The transaction details and monetization patterns of modern cybercrime reveal critical insights for organizations defending against ransomware attacks. Cybercrime has evolved over the past several years from simple “spray and pray” attacks to a sophisticated criminal ecosystem centered around highly effective monetization techniques that enable […]
Sponsored Post: Bart Lenaerts-Bergmans, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Intel, CrowdStrike Financially motivated criminal activities, aka “eCrime,” happen in waves. They come and go as adversaries develop new tools and target vulnerable victims. Similar to how investors track stock market activity using various indexes, CrowdStrike monitors eCrime using multiple observables and codifies the activity in the […]
Sponsored Post: Narendran Vaideeswaran, CrowdStrike Director, Product Marketing, Zero Trust. Ransomware is a dangerous and evolving threat to organizations of every size, industry and geography. As ransomware operators and affiliates refine and evolve their strategies, security teams must ensure they have the strongest, most proactive protections in place to defend against this threat. This year’s […]
Do you have a disaster recovery plan for ransomware? I mean, do you really have a plan? Could you tell me what it is in a paragraph if you had to? Could you lay out what happens in a step-by-step sequence in case of attack? Most people can’t answer all these questions with a “Yes.” […]
One of the best ways to protect yourself against ransomware is through role playing. If you’re thinking Dungeons and Dragons right now, you’re actually on the right path—a ransomware tabletop exercise is essentially the cybersecurity version of that. We’ve posted a log of essential information around this topic, and present it here as a quick […]
