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C-suites adapt to ransomware as a cost of doing business

SC Magazine

Dawn Cappelli, vice president of global security and chief information security officer at Rockwell Automation, said that the spike in ransomware attacks, particularly in manufacturing, inspired a tabletop exercise in December with her CEO and all his direct reports to walk through various ransomware scenarios.

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Ransomware Prevention, Detection, and Simulation

NetSpi Executives

Victims pay ransomware adversaries for decryption keys through cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin. Some can’t afford not to pay, and some are covered by cyber insurance. Should I get a ransomware cyber insurance policy? Many organizations have used cyber insurance to recover from ransomware attacks.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Tales From A Ransomware Negotiator

ForAllSecure

We know that you know, manufacturing is an area that we've seen a lot of targets over the last quarter. Again, because if you bring down manufacturing operations, there's a high impact to the business and necessity to recover quickly. of cryptocurrency. By no means. Does that mean that there was no ransomware occurring?

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Ransomware Prevention Guide for Enterprise

Spinone

Ransom payments are generally demanded in the form of untraceable cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin. This includes the Billtrust and German manufacturer, Pilz, ransomware infections. In fact, one report shows that business email compromises are 23% of cyber insurance claims. Ransoms demanded average $110,000 USD (50 BTC).

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Too Much Holiday Cheer? Here’s Something to Fear: Cybersecurity Predictions for 2020

Adam Levin

Unfortunately, many are not secure because they are protected by nothing more than manufacturer default passwords readily available online. Cryptocurrency miners will continue to get rich off of stolen electricity. Related to the botnet craze, we will see an increase in computing power theft used to mine cryptocurrency.