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“Peak ransomware”: incidents are declining, but attacks are increasingly disruptive

“Peak ransomware”: incidents are declining, but attacks are increasingly disruptive

6 years ago
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http://tech.newstatesman.com/security/peak-ransomware-disruptive

Earlier this week, researchers revealed that ransomware is no longer the most common email malware. According to a report from Proofpoint, banking trojans took the top spot in the first quarter of 2018 for the first time in nearly two years.

But, speaking at a cyber security summit in London yesterday, Tim Jeffcoat of Datto, a business continuity solutions provider, warned that while we might have passed “peak ransomware”, the variants emerging now are more disruptive than ever before.