SecurityThe threat posed by ransomware
How badly is the German economy affected by cyberattacks using ransomware? What makes companies vulnerable and how do they react to ransomware attacks? The Alliance for Cyber Security examined this in a public survey.
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Which ransomware - if any - were the companies able to identify? The statistics are led by the ransomware 'Locky' - a variant that encrypts data on local drives and network shares and was particularly successful in the USA and Germany. 72% had to deal with the blackmail Trojan 'TeslaCrypt'. This ransomware targets Windows versions including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. The attack sector mostly includes ...