Ransomware attacks continue to dominate the threat landscape

“Ransomware attacks often rely on trojans to infect computers and steal information. Such commodity trojans as Emotet and Trickbot are two of the top players in the game as cybercriminals try to exfiltrate sensitive data that can be held hostage. But as ransomware continues to dominate as a cyberthreat, criminals are increasingly carrying out attacks using Cobalt Strike, an otherwise ethical testing framework. A new report from threat intelligence group Cisco Talos Incident Response (CTIR) describes this trend.” – read more at TechRepublic!