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W
e live in a
completely
different
security world from
a decade ago and
the kinds of threats
we face have taken a
new form. This time
it’s ransomware.
Over the course of
just a few years, this
threat has evolved
from an annoying
pop-up to a screen
freezer that utilises
disturbing imagery to a
sophisticated malicious
program that encrypts
important files.
We’ve had a lot to say
about ransomware over
the last few months.
We’ve looked at the
relationship between
ransomware and
malvertising, discussed
how ransomware is
dominating the threat
landscape, and talked
about how to protect
your business from this
threat.
We’re taking a hard
look at ransomware
for good reason: the
return on investment
for cybercriminals yields
tremendous profit for
little effort, and they’ve
been ramping up efforts
to target businesses over
the last year.
And now we have data
to demonstrate how
that increased effort
has affected businesses
around the world. A
couple months ago,
we sponsored a report
conducted by Osterman
Research on the global
impact of ransomware.
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Some of the highlights from the
findings from this report are:
• More than 60% of attacks took
more than 9 hours to remediate
• Nearly 19% of companies had to
stop business immediately after
discovering a ransomware attack
Currently enterprise security measures
are weak against ransomware. Almost
half of ransomware incidents occurred on
a desktop within the enterprise security
environment. Don’t become a statistic.
Speak to Malwarebytes today about how
you can become protected –
www.malwarebytes.com/ransomware
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