The numbers are in, and they’re clear: if you work for the government, you’d better be wary, because you’re the No. 1 target for ransomware thieves. That’s according to data from Statista. The information is the latest available, from last November. It shows that government was the industry most likely to be hit by a […]
Why does ransomware remain stubbornly popular? One reason is incredibly obvious, and you’ve no doubt thought of it already. Another reason is more subtle, but no less important.That’s the takeaway from this old-ish (in Internet terms, that means late October 2021) blog from incident response company Coveware. It was in their quarterly report, and when […]
The ransomware headlines in 2022 revolve around the surge in ransomware attacks. Of course, those were the headlines in 2021, 2020, 2019, and so on. Don’t misunderstand—those headlines were not wrong, as ransomware attacks have continued to rise for several years and show no sign of slowing down. In fact, we seem to be entering […]
Let’s say you report to work today and find out that all your critical data repositories have been encrypted by a ransomware attack. A hefty ransomware note is prominently displayed on all your computer monitors. Let’s review your options. Victim Option 1 You could pay the ransom. If you have a cybersecurity insurance policy, a […]
If there’s one thing that’s worse than being compromised by ransomware, it’s realizing that the hack that led to the ransomware compromise happened months earlier without being spotted. For attackers, this is called achieving persistence, and is considered the holy grail of malware techniques because it allows criminals to widen their net and undermine even […]
Not only is there a growing rogue’s gallery of ransomware variants, but the tricks they use to strike a victim are growing in variety as well. Malicious URLs Tricking a victim to click a malicious URL is the classic phishing method. The trick is simple: Send the victim an email that lures them into clicking […]
