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1 May 2022 1 minute read 9 comments Matthew Rosenquist
Ransomware attacks and payments are increasing, with most revenue going to Russian attackers. It is time to revisit outlawing Ransomware payments. Some stats to hammer the situation home: Sophos ransomware report indicates: - Ransom attacks are more...
27 Jan 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Aldeneer
"DeadBolt has been widely targeting all NAS exposed to the Internet without any protection and encrypting users’ data for Bitcoin ransom." This ransomware wants to pay us 0.3BTC to unlock our data. Attackers say that they used some kind of 0day and...
15 Jan 2022 2 minute read 0 comments fklivestolearn
This, however, doesn't tell the full story as the roaring adoption far outstripped the volume of the crypto crime One of the biggest criticisms that digital assets face by the nay-sayers is that they are widely used in illicit and illegal activities....
10 Jan 2022 6 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk
Protect Your Data from Ransomware with Pure Storage Ransomware Ransomware has been around for more than a decade, however, it has really taken its toll on the US Critical Infrastructure this year (Oil and Gas delivery and Food Industry are just a...
5 Jan 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist
Ransomware is a growing scourge. Is it possible to eradicate this entire class of attacks? I think it is but in today’s Cybersecurity Insights interview I have a lively debate with Malcolm Harkins on criminalizing ransomware payments and different a...
16 Nov 2021 2 minute read 4 comments Matthew Rosenquist
A new bill has been proposed to address Ransomware. Congressman Patrick McHenry recently introduced the Ransomware and Financial Stability Act of 2021. Good Direction, but Falls Short I believe it is the right direction for undermining ransomware at...
13 Nov 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Matthew Rosenquist
Recently introduced Ransomware and Financial Stability Act (H.R.5936) is the right direction for undermining ransomware attacks, by disallowing payments, but it just does not go far enough. This proposal only benefits traditional financial instituti...
20 Oct 2021 4 minute read 7 comments Matthew Rosenquist
U.S. leadership organized a meeting with over 30 nations to figure out how to address the growing problem of ransomware. The results were unimpressive, lacking the bold innovation needed to stem the meteoric rise of ransomware that is targeting busi...
15 Sep 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk
Been Hit with Ransomware, now what? Ransomware has really taken its toll on the US Critical Infrastructure this year (Oil & Gas delivery and Food Industry). Know its not a matter of IF but when your Enterprise is hit by a Ransomware attack. According...
5 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist
Outlawing payments will result in the abandonment of ransomware attacks. By stopping the flow of money, we can demotivate cybercriminals who will shift to other activities that are more profitable than ransomware. We don’t need to stop all types of...
