Infographic: The 5 phases of a ransomware attack

Ransomware is the most profitable type of malware attack in history—and attacks will only get worse in the future, according to Cisco Systems’ midyear report on the state of cyber security, released Tuesday. It’s now important for employees to understand the different phases of an attack and best practices to prevent them.

Ransomware is “weaponized encryption,” said James Scott, senior fellow and co-founder of the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, and co-author of the 2016 Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology Ransomware Report. Attacks involve malware delivered through spear phishing emails that lock up valuable data assets and demand a ransom to release them.

Hackers who previously used ransomware only to secure money from individual users are now looking to steal data from larger hospitals and corporations and sell it on the Dark Web, Scott said. For the full article click here 

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