back to article Feeling Locky, punk? Ransomware grew eight-fold last year

Ransomware saw a more than eight-fold (752 per cent) increase as a mode of attack in 2016, according to Trend Micro. The infosec firm estimates file-scrambling malware families such as Locky and Goldeneye raked in $1 billion in 2016. 2016 was the year when ransomware ruled, and this danger has been maintained by recent …

  1. Bruce Ordway

    Numbers behind percenage?

    >>more than eight-fold (752 per cent) increase as a mode of attack

    Would be nice to see the numbers behind this.

    I've noticed a lot of articles are using percentages these days.

    I suspect it's easier to be dramatic without the details to put things in perspective.

  2. a_yank_lurker

    Best practices

    The hype is to panic people into buying something. Good practices maintenance and security practices will keep most issues at bay. Particularly when most attacks will use known vulnerabilities.

  3. Steve Davies 3 Silver badge
    Coat

    Days of Future Passed?

    Are the operators 'On the Threshold of a Dream' where all the windows users on the planet pay up their $399?

    Or is it more of a case of "Ride my See-saw" and run away with what they can get?

    Coat with a copy of EGBDF (on Vinyl) in the huge pocket.

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