Europol has identified the growing threat of ransomware software that forces access to user data and ransoms it, looking to clamp down on attacks from the software by establishing partnerships with Intel and Kaspersky Lab.
An initiative called No More Ransom will bring the private sector tech and cyber experts to cooperate with Europol to study and drive awareness of the attacks than can attack both personal computers and business infrastructure.
Kaspersky Lab claims that the number of users attacked by crypto-ransomware rose by 5.5 times, from 131,000 in 2014-2015 to 718,000 in 2015-2016.
They have launched a website providing the public with Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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