SecurityIntelligence (IBM blog): Are ransomware attacks rising or falling?

There are conflicting reports over whether or not ransomware attacks are growing. Many organizations state (quite convincingly) that it’s the most popular malware form and that ransom-related attacks have been increasing at a rapid rate over the past year. However, other reports offer a more nuanced point of view.While the raw number of ransom-based attacks is increasing, the proportion of ransom-related attacks is dropping over the last part of 2017. Many businesses are not paying out the ransoms, motivating criminals to try other malware methods.

I compare the results and show how they differ in my latest blog post for IBM”s Security Intelligence blog.

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