CSO - Slide Show: Tricks that ransomware uses to fool you

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Find out what each variant does to hold unsuspecting victims' data hostage.

By Ryan Francis
Jun 2, 2016

Pulling ransomware out of...

Ransomware quite often targets businesses (for example hospitals) rather than individuals. Corporations have more valuable data and more money for ransom (ransom increases from roughly $500 per computer to $15,000 for the entire enterprise). Cyphort has examined different variants of ransomware to help users get an idea of what might be coming down the Internet pipeline. So keep an eye out for these characteristics before your network is taken hostage.

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