Ransomware, ransomware, ransomware… but the numbers do not lie

TORONTO - April 23, 2021 - PRLog -- We keep hearing ransomware, ransomware, ransomware….the numbers do not lie, and this is why the headlines have a new story of the latest breach.

Here are some interesting statistics on the effect of ransomware from a  cloud security platform organization and a research study based on a survey of more than 500 C-level executives including CEOs, CIOs, and CTOs.

When cyber security providers examined the presence of malware in organizations, they found there was malware found in cloud apps across the entire organization.   Many of the ransomware malware-infected files were shared with internal users, external users, and shared publicly.

The cyber security experts found that these ransomware attacks are delivered through phishing and email attacks using cloud services environments.  This allows infected and encrypted files to be quickly spread to other users through cloud app sync.

What were some of the most popular cloud apps hit by ransomware?

This is a loaded as more popular cloud services have a greater risk of being listed due to it being adopted by a large number of users.  Among the topmost used cloud apps, it includes Microsoft 365 (Office 365), Google Workspace, Facebook, and Slack.   This shows that cyber security teams need to prioritize this trend and pay close attention to sensitive information being shared within collaboration apps as well as get visibility and control over the apps that are integrated and sharing company data.

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