As one of the unfortunate benefactors from the changing business behaviours of the pandemic, ransomware attack trends continue to evolve. During the last year, malicious actors have attacked anything from healthcare organisations and medical trials, to education and the public sector, and even business supply chains. The gravity of the threats of ransomware was exemplified by the attack that shut down the cross-country gas pipeline system Colonial Pipeline; the largest U.S. fuel pipeline, leading to it closing its entire 5,500-mile pipeline system that carries liquid fuels, including gasoline.
With the damaging impact these modern attacks can have on organisations everywhere, no matter the industry, security professionals must always be ready to secure their systems, networks, and software in new ways. The recent Fortinet FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape report showed that ransomware remains a prolific threat, so much so that the number of attacks increased in 2020 and became even more disruptive. Therefore, it is of paramount importance that organisations understand the threats at hand and instill endpoint security software and device protection solutions to secure every user and device, on and off the network, with advanced response.
A new era of ransomware
The advanced ransomware attacks of today take seconds to compromise endpoints and have the potential to cause untold damage to systems and infrastructure, making it critical to ensure organisations are prepared. As attacks grow in sophistication, the impact they can have goes far beyond the financial losses and decreased productivity often associated with systems going down.
With digital transformation taking a hold of organisations globally, the convergence of IT and OT systems has led ransomware ..
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