As ransomware gangs operate on multi-million dollar budgets at a global scale, telling companies to “just patch” or “implement zero trust” is no longer feasible
ve talked about ransomware and extortion attacks on organizations for about a decade. Tweets: @jaredhaight , @divinetechygirl , @justincormack , @simbakke , @ciaranmartinoxf , @drjessicabarker , and @gossithedog Tweets: Jared Haight / @jaredhaight : Incredible article by @GossiTheDog offering insight into why ransomware is such a massive threat to society and how we are totally unprepared for it. So many great points in here. https://twitter.com/... @divinetechygirl : The whole truth and nothing but the truth. “The tools companies buy are often too complicated to be deployed correctly in the real world...Particular pain points, such as Identity and Privilege Management tools, are simply too beasty for many organizations to implement well..”👇🏾 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Justin Cormack / @justincormack : “Put simply, ransomware gangs have a monetized way of exploiting the condition many organisations are in when it comes to IT and security.” https://twitter.com/... Simen Bakke / @simbakke : “In the first 3 days of last week alone, I tracked 23 new ransomware and extortion victims, who are fighting attacks (most have not disclosed to the media). This Monday, I tracked 43 new organised ransomware gang incidents — before mid-day.” https://doublepulsar.com/... Ciaran Martin / @ciaranmartinoxf : Stunningly good, (long) must-read from @GossiTheDog on #ransomware. So much here: the importance of the Irish healthcare case; the difficulty for small orgs of doing security well; we should stop hand-waving away the debate on payment bans, and much more 👏 👏 👏 https://twitter.com/... Jess / @drjessicabarker : “One ransomware group receiving a $40m payment for attacking a cybersecurity insurance company gives the attackers more budget to launch a cyberattack than most medium to large organizations have to defend against attacks in total.” A must-read by @GossiTheDog ⤵️ https://twitter.com/... Kevin Beaumont / @gossithedog : @cyb3rops My take: https://doublepulsar.com/... (and talk to @decalage2 as he can tell you exactly what to do). https://twitter.com/...