"Introducing the Ransomware Economy"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/ransomware-economy/
"Ransomware continues to proliferate for a simple reason—it’s profitable. And it’s profitable not just for the ransomware developers themselves—they’re just one part of the equation—but for a whole ecosystem of players who make up the ransomware economy. To understand
the threats to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and
organizations today, it’s important to understand the scope and scale of what you’re up against.
Today, we’re digging into how the ransomware economy operates, including the broader ecosystem and the players involved, emerging threats to
SMBs, and the overall financial footprint of ransomware worldwide."
There are hundreds of groups doing this ! The FBI is investigating the
top 100 and appears to be swamped.
On 2021-09-02 3:36 p.m., Lynn McGuire wrote:
"Introducing the Ransomware Economy"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/ransomware-economy/
"Ransomware continues to proliferate for a simple reason—it’s
profitable. And it’s profitable not just for the ransomware developers
themselves—they’re just one part of the equation—but for a whole
ecosystem of players who make up the ransomware economy. To understand
the threats to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and
organizations today, it’s important to understand the scope and scale
of what you’re up against.
Today, we’re digging into how the ransomware economy operates,
including the broader ecosystem and the players involved, emerging
threats to SMBs, and the overall financial footprint of ransomware
worldwide."
There are hundreds of groups doing this ! The FBI is investigating
the top 100 and appears to be swamped.
I'd go a little further and say that the malware threat, in general, is
a pretty serious one in Windows.
A lot of people assume that Windows Defender is enough to protect them,
but I notice that a lot of the malware out there circumvents Defender
without effort and manages to find its way onto a user's computer
without requiring user intervention at all.
Sysop: | DaiTengu |
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Location: | Appleton, WI |
Users: | 910 |
Nodes: | 10 (0 / 10) |
Uptime: | 251:50:30 |
Calls: | 12,118 |
Calls today: | 1 |
Files: | 186,506 |
Messages: | 2,227,575 |