David, you are absolutely correct about the root cause of many attacks, but not all of them. In your quote the problem lies in the little word "only". Does this mean 100%? Is that what you are trying to say? If your answer is yes, you are on the wrong track called "false sense of security", at least partially
Ransomware is only a product of insecure infrastructure.
Yes its much more effective f your infrastructure is a big peace of s... But smart targeted spear phishing attacks are getting better each day. What about your security measures? how do you make sure that nobody clicks on something he received in his personal mailbox? Looking exactly like an IBM message to meet compliance requirements? One day before end of month? Send to someone with access to critical assets? Like myself?
All of your security measures will never meet 100%. So you need much more than a plan and security devices being setup. Sensitivity training, awareness, procedures, smart people at C-level etc. From our 40 year experience this is not the case at many customer sites. If it was there would be no need for our discussion in here, right?
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 26, 2022 06:32 AM
From: David Honisch
Subject: What do you think about Ransomware? is it gonna be there forever?
In my view, ransomware is not the core problem at all. The core problem is mostly basic design errors, accompanied by a complete loss of security, and completely inadequate verification of input. Ransomware is only a product of insecure infrastructure. Ransomware is so effective because the infrastructure usually makes it possible.
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Original Message:
Sent: 1/25/2022 4:32:00 AM
From: Karl Jaeger
Subject: RE: What do you think about Ransomware? is it gonna be there forever?
Hans-Jürgen is absolutely right about the nature of criminal business models and no 100% security available out there. Ransomware will stay until its business model gets disrupted by us or replaced by something promising even more reveniew.
BTW when Bitcoins and other crypto currencies drop by 50% these days, will the number of ransomware attacks increase by the same value? KPI anyone?
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon January 24, 2022 03:11 AM
From: Hans-Juergen Waack
Subject: What do you think about Ransomware? is it gonna be there forever?
as long as we have corrupt people with criminal intents, we have all forms of cybercrime that deliver good ROI. The aim is not to make everything 100% safe, the aim is to make it so complicated that there is no ROI. Same as everywhere, think of cybercrime as a businessmodel.
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri January 21, 2022 04:15 PM
From: Noureldin Ehab
Subject: What do you think about Ransomware? is it gonna be there forever?
we don't know how quantum computers are gonna evolve and we don't know how cryptography gonna keep up with it too
who knows maybe one day will have quantum phones
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed January 19, 2022 10:46 AM
From: Erwin Lagu
Subject: What do you think about Ransomware? is it gonna be there forever?
Yes, the ransomware will still exist, as long as the security system is weak and not fixed by IT Professionals.
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed September 08, 2021 03:34 PM
From: Noureldin Ehab
Subject: What do you think about Ransomware? is it gonna be there forever?
What do you think about Ransomware? is it gonna be there forever?
Are we ever gonna totally eradicate Ransomeware or is this war gonna continue forever? also what you do think we need to, so at least we make it less powerful than now
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