Ransomware

is it possible to, to reach a point where ransomware isn't worth it anymore?

the Toronto library system has been shut down

bring together 30 countries later this month to discuss ransomware threats

if the ransomware doesn’t stop, we’re going to start addressing it by other means

this is called the Conti ransomware

I wanted to ask about ransomware

medical facilities off limits for the time being

if you're using a Russian keyboard, it will ignore you

the SamSam ransomware that has been around since 2015 and has targeted more than 200 victims

The SamSam ransomware hitting LabCorp.

Everything was being done with pen and paper.

You guys were talking about how ransomware is evolving

They will walk you through everything you need to do to pay the ransom

a new Mac ransomware as a service

this is a rather lame piece of ransomware

we haven't heard of anybody being hit by this in the wild so far

there's a new breed of Mac ransomware.

this software pretends to be basically a crack

they have come out with a decryptor for this.

ransomware is up 3000% since it was first recorded in 2012

another hot place for ransomware is the education market

back up your data, keep backing up your data

F secure ... published a study of ransomware

the first ever ransomware for smart thermostats

We've talked a lot about ransomware on the show

it's called nomoreransom.org

regular backups

we've seen this, the ransomware guys hitting mainly hospitals recently

back up your data. It's the best way to protect yourself against a lot of these problems.

had to shut down its entire corporate IT systems after a ransomware attack

their entire IT system shut down for a week just to clean it up

hackers are holding German, a German hospital, hostage right now

it encrypts the drive, sends the key off to the hacker

there's a JavaScript attack that you can use now to load ransomware

got a ransomware attack

they paid them off ... with $17,000 in Bitcoin

These goddamn ransomware guys.

If you don’t pay us, we’re going to decrypt your stuff and post it all online.

It’s also getting to the server level now.

Can you explain what ransomware is?

they encrypt the entire drive with their key so you can't get to it