Ransomware is a growing threat to every organisation on the planet; it seems we can’t go a day without seeing another high-profile ransomware attack being detailed in mainstream media. Cyber-criminals are innovating at a phenomenal pace in this growing ‘industry’, because they have the funds to do so. In fact, many cyber-criminal groups have more funds than most enterprises. Staggeringly the cost of cyber-crime was reported to be more than $1 trillion in 2020, more than 1% of the global GDP. To put that into perspective that’s a higher GDP than the Netherlands. As the £££ cyber-criminals are making continues to increase it means they will have more money to invest in adding resources and people to continue enhancing threats.
Let us take a quick look at how companies get hit by ransomware. There are many methods, some of the most common include:
Phishing emails that launch ransomware attacks via inline links, links in attachments, or fake attachments.
Browsing unknown links and websites.
Downloading and accidentally running infected software.
Inserting or connecting an infected disk, disc, or drive.
Operating system based vulnerabilities if the OS is not patched to the latest levels.
Plugin based vulnerabilities if plugins are not patched to the latest levels.
Infrastructure vulnerabilities (network, storage etc.) if not patched to the latest levels.
That list is continually expanding as more vulnerabilities are found.
There are currently many more remote workers due to the current global situation with COVID-19. This also results in a higher level of risk to organisations with most home networks undeniably easier to hack into than office networks.
Hackers are becoming increasingly sophisticated and often once they are in, may sit dormant for a period, planting attacks, watching ac ..
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