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Ransomware-as-a-service expected to highly increase the number of cyber criminals

Until recently, ransomware attacks used to be carried out by highly skilled, well-motivated professional cyber attackers. The primary purpose was to obtain money in the form of ransom paid in bitcoins in untraceable transactions. But not anymore. Ransomware attacks became available to unskilled, malicious persons as well under the form of ransomware-as-a-service. Find out about ransomware-as-a-service in our ransomware protection article.

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This post was last modified on August 21, 2023 7:27 am

Calin Ghibu

Technical background: over 15 years experience in testing, developing, researching and managing network security solutions. Currently focusing on information security and IT management. Specialties: Network audit, information security, web security, endpoint security, perimeter security SIEM, legal compliance, competitive intelligence.

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