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Positive Technologies Research Shows Increasing Popularity Of Rent-a-Trojan Attacks

Positive Technologies experts observe continued uptick in Q2 2017 of ransomware as a service The U.S. and Russia remain the most frequent victims of cyberattacks. Over half of attacks were non-targeted and primarily relied on malware to spread. The epidemic of WannaCry (WanaCypt0r, WCry) ransomware showed that even vigilant users, who dont open suspicious messages or links, can still fall victim. New services for renting out Trojans are appearing online: for example, a distributor of Petya gets a cut of 25 to 85 percent of victims ransoms.”]

Source: https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/study-research/positive-technologies-research-shows-increasing-popularity-rent-trojan-attacks/

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