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One-in-Three Ransomware Attacks Target Corporate Users

Sourced from Kaspersky On May 12, 2017, the largest ransomware epidemic in history, WannaCry, reached its peak. Three years later, this and other ransomware threats are still affecting people and companies. Recent Kaspersky research has revealed that in 2019, WannaCry kept its position at the top of the most prevalent ransomware families, while almost a third (30%) of those targeted by ransomware were corporate users. On 12 May 2020, Kaspersky and INTERPOL continue to urge organisations to think about backing up their data and adopting relevant protection so that they could avoid any potential ransomware siege and a catastrophe similar to WannaCry doesn’t happen again. Ransomware has become a big challenge for many organisations. Even though this is not the most advanced threat from a tech...