Inside the Briefcase
Your Money or Your Files! A Short History of Ransomware
October 20, 2014 No CommentsFeatured Whitepaper by KnowBe4
2014 was the year that ransomware went mainstream… but how did we wind up here?
Ransomware attacks cause downtime, data loss, possible intellectual property theft, and in certain industries a ransomware attack is considered a data breach.
Multiple ransomware strains are now attacking your end-users. Since September 2013, CryptoLocker has become vicious, and the first strain of second-gen ransomware CryptoWall V2.0 has reared its ugly head. But how did it get this far?
