The damage of the cyber attack is "Ransomuuea" is 50% or more

ByMatt Joyce

Request money with full combo of "fake Windows Update invoked → update failure → call to fake official support"Or,Fixing room temperature to extremely cold ransom demandFor example, one type of malware that restricts the function of the attacking device and requests ransom to release it is "RansomwareIt is called. The attack of such a rantamu wear is rapidly increasing trend, and according to the security research report, it turns out that the attack using the randomness wear accounts for 50% or more of the whole cyber attack.

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According to "Data breach / infringement research report" that Verizon investigated more than 2000 cyber attacks, it is reported that 51% of the damage caused by cyber attacks is based on Ransomware. Mark Spitler, Manager of Verizon's Security Research Division, said in a broad range that the damage of Ransomware has spread rapidly, "Ransomware is a malware to increase money from per infected device It seems that various malicious hacking groups have adopted this strategy as effective, "he said.

In many cases, an attacker intrudes into the system of the target company and digs deep into the infrastructure so that it restricts important databases etc. that can make the ransom payable. According to Symantec's "2017 Internet Security Threat Report", the damage amount of Ransomware is on the rise, and the average amount of damage reaches 1077 dollars (about 120,000 yen).

Most attacks use mail attachments as booby traps and know that you can infect randomness wear and malware on machines that opened attachments. By using the machine as a foothold, a backdoor is provided, and if the machine belongs to some organization, the attacks reach the system within the organization. "According to Symantec's Darren Thomson CTO," According to statistics, there are some cyber threats in 131 emails all over the world, which are in the form of Word files and Excel files people see everyday It is being delivered with. "

ByElhombredenegro

Verizon's report shows that 61% of the victims of Ransomware are companies with a scale of less than 1000 people. Initially it is an attack by Ransomuware thought to be "the possibility that consumers are likely to be targeted", but the change that the target of attack is shifting to the company is also clear. In addition, the industry that took countermeasures in response to intense attacks before, also knows the tendency to be re-attacked, indicating that security defense is starting to work.