19 companies including Microsoft and McAfee unite to form a ransomware countermeasure team

The damage caused by ransomware , which restricts access to the system and demands a ransom, has expanded rapidly in recent years, with the Supreme Court being temporarily closed and Capcom, a major Japanese game maker, being damaged. I will. To combat this ransomware, a total of 19 companies, including companies such as Microsoft and McAfee, and research institutes such as the Institute for Security and Technology, have jointly formed a ransomware countermeasure team.

Institute for Security and Technology (IST) »The Institute for Security and Technology (IST) Launches Multi-Sector Ransomware Task Force (RTF)
https://securityandtechnology.org/blog/ransomware-task-force/

Microsoft, McAfee and 17 other entities unite to form Ransomware Task Force --Neowin
https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-mcafee-and-17-other-entities-unite-to-form-ransomware-task-force

Ransomware Task Force Created by 19 Companies Including Microsoft, McAfee | PCMag
https://www.pcmag.com/news/ransomware-task-force-created-by-19-companies-including-microsoft-mcafee

Ransomware damage continues to grow, with Capcom stealing up to 350,000 personal information, Canon USA losing a lot of data, and Garmin paying hundreds of millions of yen to recover data. It has been reported.

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On December 21, 2020, the threat of ransomware is great, and 19 companies including Microsoft have jointly formed the 'Ransomware Task Force (RTF)' as unity is essential to counter it. RTF is for the purpose of the recommendations of the public and private actions that can significantly reduce the threat of ransomware, each of ransomware kill chain to evaluate the existing solutions for, the higher order of decision makers Create a roadmap of specific goals and actionable milestones.

Below is a list of 19 companies and organizations participating in RTF.

・ Aspen Digital
・ Citrix
・ The Cyber Threat Alliance
・ Cybereason
・ The CyberPeace Institute
・ The Cybersecurity Coalition
・ The Global Cyber Alliance
・ McAfee
・ Microsoft
・ Rapid7
・ Resilience
・ Security Scorecard
・ Shadowserver Foundation
・ Stratigos Security
・ Team Cymru
・ Third Way
・ UT Austin Stauss Center

In this announcement, only the RTF philosophy and participating companies have been announced. Details about RTF and the official page will be published in January 2021.