Ransomware is expected to trickle down to the consumer level, experts say. The payment demand would be small more of a nuisance than a crippling financial hit but offer enormous potential profit for criminals. Consumer ransomware is, a business model thats going to scale, especially as we get control over more traditional cybercrime business models, a hacker-in-residence at New York University’s Polytechnic School of Engineering said. Consumers obviously dont have a hand in the design and manufacture of the increasing number of smart devices, but there are a few basic measures they can take to protect themselves.”]
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