Security News > 2020 > November > Don't click on ransomware disguised as political ads
2020-11-05 16:17
The need for such awareness is crucial because the number of ransomware attacks are increasing.
In July through September, the daily average of ransomware attacks worldwide grew by 50% compared to the first half of 2020.
The first death directly related to a ransomware attack was reported in Germany in September, as reported by Catalin Cimpanu at ZDNet.
In another article by TechRepublic's Whitney, he pointed out that among the 187.9 million ransomware attacks reported by Statista for 2019, 67% of them were initiated by spam and phishing emails and 16% because of malicious websites, and 16% due to clickbait.
It's more important than ever for the enterprise to stop ransomware because customers are now blaming the company, not the hacker.