Ransomware is a troubling trend. Novice criminals with little technical savvy and cheap software can generate big payouts and impact enterprise operations. Here’s what you need to know about the changing ransomware landscape. Ransomware happens to be the fifth most common form of malware, and is expected to see a 300 percent increase this year, according to MWR InfoSecurity. 

You can read my analysis here on HPE’s Enterprise.Nxt site. I review some of its history, highlight a few of the recent innovations with ransomware-as-a-service (such as this web dashboard from Satan shown here), and make a few suggestions on how to prevent it from spreading around your company.