This advice comes from researchers at Barkly.com and it’s rather grim. As per their recent survey of ransomware victims in 2016:

• 77% said the attacks bypassed their email filtering solutions
• 95% of the attacks bypassed their firewalls (not surprising since ransomware is “allowed in” by unsuspecting users
• 52% bypassed malware solutions that were in place
• as for cash losses, 32% of victims said they were out of pocket $US100,000 to $US500,000 because of the attack!
• Following the attacks, 65% of victims undertook security awareness training and 57% invested in better protection mechanisms and policies

Basically, ransomware is cybercrime’s most profitable business! Largely because most organisations do not have the right solutions to combat it.

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If you feel you’ve been the victim of an online fraud attempt, PLEASE REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY to ACORN (Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network)
www.acorn.gov.au