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4 ways ransomware can cost your business (in addition to extortion)

Webroot

Cybersecurity analysts are charting both a rise in ransomware incidents and in amounts cybercriminals are demanding from businesses to restore their data. Our latest threat report found the average ransomware payment peaked in September 2020 at more than $230 thousand. Lost productivity. A full breakdown is available in the report.).

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GUEST ESSAY: The drivers behind persistent ransomware — and defense tactics to deploy

The Last Watchdog

The internet has drawn comparisons to the Wild West, making ransomware the digital incarnation of a hold-up. The technology industry has met the dramatic rise in ransomware and other cyber attacks with an impressive set of tools to help companies mitigate the risks. Ransomware usually starts with a phishing email. Prevalence.

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Machine Learning in Cybersecurity Course – Part 2: Specific Applications and Challenges

NopSec

In our l ast week’s blog post , we outlined the first part of that webinar, without going into the three specific applications and the challenges. For example, we could tag all messages that contain the expression ‘make money’ as spam. This would likely catch some spam messages, but it would not get us very far.