eCrime Industrialisation – How Ransomware Groups Are Lowering The Bar Of Entry And Maximising Profitability
Wherever there is disruption, cyber criminals see opportunity. Alongside the devastating health and economic impacts of the global coronavirus pandemic, we have also seen a huge escalation in ransomware attacks as people shifted to working from home. VMware Carbon Black threat researchers have recorded a 900% year on year increase in ransomware attacks in the […]
Who Are The Ransomware Groups Raising The Stakes And Running Double-extortion Rackets In Today’s Cybercrime Ecosystem?
Ransomware has come a long way since the first recorded attack was initiated via a floppy disk posted out to attendees of the World Health Organisation’s international AIDS conference in 1989. As the world navigates a different global health crisis more than thirty years on, ransomware has proved to be an infection that has not only survived in the intervening period, but grown exponentially as ransomware […]
