Cybercriminals are working hard to elicit feelings of fear and urgency with the content they put on splash screens during a ransomware attack, a recent study found. The study, Exploring the Psychological Mechanisms used in Ransomware Splash Screens, analyzed 76 ransomware screens. Most of the content malicious actors use is negative, but there are occasions when they attempt to seem approachable, if only to get victims to pay up. Bitcoin was the preferred payment mechanism in three-quarters of the splash screens evaluated.”]