Ransomware success creates apathy towards traditional antivirus software

  • 21 November 2016
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In the last 12 months, 48 percent of organizations across the globe have fallen victim to a ransomware campaign, with 80 percent indicating that they’ve suffered from three or more attacks, according to a global survey conducted by Vanson Bourne.
 
                                


 
In response to ransomware attacks, 67 percent of businesses globally have increased IT security spending, and 52 percent reported that they are changing their security strategies to focus on mitigation. Fifty-four percent also agreed that their organizations have lost faith in traditional cybersecurity, such as antivirus.
 
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That is indeed most unfortuante as most traditional antivirus software is not to blame for ransomware getting in IMHO...it is the unsafe practices than many use or should I say rather it is the safe practices that many disregard that are the root reason for an infection taking hold.

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