{"id":2918,"date":"2018-02-26T14:56:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T20:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=2918"},"modified":"2018-02-26T14:56:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T20:56:01","slug":"ransomware-get-ready-for-the-next-wave-of-destructive-cyberattacks-zdnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=2918","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware: Get ready for the next wave of destructive cyberattacks | ZDNet"},"content":{"rendered":"

It might not be flavour of the month right now, but cybercriminals and nation-states could still find plenty of uses for ransomware.<\/p>\n

It might look to be\u00a0out of the limelight<\/a>\u00a0compared to 2017, but it would be foolish to write ransomware off yet, as more attacks using the file-encrypting malware are ahead.<\/p>\n

High profile incidents like\u00a0WannaCry<\/a>,\u00a0NotPetya<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Bad Rabbit<\/a>\u00a0made ransomeware infamous last year. WannaCry and NotPetya have since both been attributed to be the work of nation-states – the\u00a0former to North Korea<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0the latter to Russia<\/a>\u00a0– changing the perception of ransomware from something used by cybercriminals attempting to make a quick buck, to it becoming a tool of\u00a0cyberwarfare<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: Ransomware: Get ready for the next wave of destructive cyberattacks | ZDNet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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It might not be flavour of the month right now, but cybercriminals and nation-states could still find plenty of uses for ransomware. It might look to be\u00a0out of the limelight\u00a0compared to 2017, but it would be foolish to write ransomware off yet, as more attacks using the file-encrypting malware are…<\/p>\n

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