New Ransomware Attacks Much More Expensive to Survive

The average ransom demand is up to almost $13,000, compared with $6,700 just a few months ago.

The average ransom demand by hacker to release files encrypted by their ransomware attack has almost doubled in 2019.  … The sharp increase in ransom payments is linked to the emergence of more expensive and more hands-on forms of ransomware… They’ll exploit vulnerabilities in remote desktop protocols or abuse stolen credentials to gain access to systems, moving around networks and laying the groundwork for their ransomware to encrypt as many PCs as possible for the maximum impact.

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