Upcoming ransomware strategies
Ransomware has changed over and over again over time. How much shows the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, which is only part of a new wave of attacks against high-ranking victims. A comment from Jon Clay, Director of Global Threat Communications, Trend Micro. After the cyber attack on one of the largest gasoline pipelines in the United States, its operation was temporarily suspended. The malicious actors aim to extort the highest possible amounts of money and therefore target organizations that are more willing to pay if they disrupt their business operations. This could already be done earlier in the case of victims from the ...