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Ransomware: A look at the criminal art of malicious code, pressure, and manipulation

August 2021

Ransomware: A look at the criminal art of malicious code, pressure, and manipulation

Ransomware is one of the most serious cyberthreats that organizations are facing these days and cybercriminals are also constantly coming up with new approaches to ensure that they receive the demanded sum. This paper explains how this form of cyber-extortion has become such a major problem, what kinds of techniques ransomware gangs use, and it suggests what your organization can do to reduce its exposure to, and damage from, these attacks.

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