Ransomware Becomes Biggest Cyber Threat Facing Businesses
| posted in BlogRansomware is turning out to be the biggest cyber threat facing companies in 2017 after attacks more than quadrupled in 2016 from the year prior, according to a new study. If you are not familiar with this fast-evolving cyber threat, typically the perpetrators will essentially lock down your database and/or computer system and make it unusable, then demand that you pay a ransom to unlock the system. The “Beazley Breach Insights Report January 2017” highlights a massive and sustained increase in ransomware attacks. Another report, the “2017 SonicWall Annual Threat Report,” found that cyber criminals are shifting their attention from…
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