The fact that some of these would-be crooks have discovered that their ransomware partners aren’t trustworthy is darkly funny, but in the meantime, the attacks keep coming.Ī simple fact: Just because you won’t be hit with multi-million dollar demands that make headlines doesn’t mean a ransomware extortion attack won’t cost you weeks of work and tens of thousands of dollars of blackmail money.
According to security company Sophos, ransomware-as-a-service now comprises almost 60% of all ransomware attacks. Thanks to ransomware-as-a-service on the dark web, all a crook needs is some BitCoin and they’re off to try to crack your business. These days anyone who needs some holiday money can launch a ransomware attack. Despite that appallingly high number, just 28% of SMBs consider ransomware a worry. No company is too big or too small for a ransomware dealer to come knocking at your virtual door.Ī recent report from Webroot, The Hidden Costs of Ransomware, found the vast majority-85%-of managed service providers (MSPs) have reported attacks against small and midsized businesses (SMBs). If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a million times: “My business is too small for a cyber crook to bother with me.” Oh, my friend you are so, so wrong.
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