Defeating Ransomware

Still booming, some general thoughts on protection. 

Three Ways to Defeat Ransomware, By Jeff Orloff on March 01, 2022 in SecurityWeek

Ransomware is very difficult to stop, mostly because the attackers are adept at locking up a network long before anybody in an organization even sees a ransom note.  In many attacks, the malware combines an encryption payload with automated propagation. 

This potent combination can be delivered using various attack techniques which enable threat actors to bypass delivery and execution security measures by leveraging compromised credentials. The ransomware is then able to rapidly encrypt the data of one endpoint after another — until a network is crippled.

Over the past few years, the growing sophistication of the ransomware ‘industry’ has spawned niche players and specialized variants. For example, Hades (a variant of WastedLocker) almost exclusively targets large organizations — a practice known as “big game hunting.” .... '