Security News > 2017 > August > Motivation roulette: Is pseudo-ransomware a term? (Help Net Security)
2017-08-14 13:30
It used to be so simple. Attack campaigns were relatively simple to determine, for example when we detailed the recent Shamoon campaign it was clear that this was intended to disrupt the victim. In this case the target was clearly Saudi Arabia, and the use of a wiper component indicated the objective of the perpetrators of the attack. Equally the use of ransomware was just as clear, its use was intended to get paid. What … More →
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