The average amount of a ransom demand has increased from $294 in 2015 to $1,077 last year. The number of ransomware families tripled last year, and the number of attacks Symantec saw increased by 36 percent. One in 131 emails contained a malicious link or attachment, the highest rate in five years. CIOs continue to underestimate the cloud usage in their companies, according to the report. The Internet of Things was also a major topic in the report, which covered a wide variety of other security-related topics.”]
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