Wiperware
Sep 1st, 2017 by Jesper Kråkhede
And ransomware has been weaponised.
If you remember my post a few months back regarding the future of ransomware we now see the emerging Wiperware, malware that´s sole target is to create mass destruction rather than take files for ransom. The article mentions Maersk loss of more than $200 million to NotPetya and that ransomware will land somewhere around $5 billion this year in costs. That’s a lot of money that could be better invested in simple security functions instead. We are still looking at way to many companies having a very unsecure setup.