Ransomware attacks as a data breach of availability
The Institute for Security+Technology released a recommendations report on the 30th April 2021 with the help of a list of industry players, to try to stem the tsunami that is ransomware. The 81-page report says all the right kind of things, but the reader is left to wonder just how many Zoom meetings will be consumed in …
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Norsk Hydro values of care courage and communication guiding company response to cyberattack
The FBI has updated its advice to companies to be more understanding when companies decide to pay their attackers for the key. The updated advice says it does not advocate the payment of ransoms, but understands that a company faced with no alternative to recreating their data are in a difficult position. It is essentially …
As per a previous post, it looks like ransomware is now the easiest way of making money on the Internet, for anyone that thinks they can get away with breaking the law. I’m going to take a different view of this news, and concentrate on why this makes sense as a method of extracting money …
With two US organisations paying over $1m to cyber extortionists in a week, maybe ransomware has finally found its feet in the cyber-crime directory of how to make lots of easy money. When WannaCry hit the world in a blind attack that crippled corporates across the globe, it should have been a time to look …
