Security News > 2021 > July > Success of Ransomware Attacks Shows the State of Cybersecurity
Today, it is safe to say that Ransomware is dominating the conversation, especially after so many high profile incidents have been part of the news cycle, such as Colonial Pipeline, CD Projekt Red, JBS, the Kaseya supply chain attack, as well as many stories on healthcare providers being victimized by such attacks.
What makes Ransomware different than the previous threats that were in the spotlight is that it doesn't represent a capable new threat actor such APTs or a jump in the attacks' sophistication like in IoT security.
Despite dealing with a threat that we had many years to prepare for and protect ourselves from, Ransomware is incredibly popular because it works, and it is very profitable for the attackers.
We only hear about the successful attacks and potentially many more attacks are stopped compared to those that were successful.
One of the major challenges of cybersecurity is the fact that attacks can come in many forms and vectors.
Until these issues are solved, attacks that are far from being a technical challenge, such as Ransomware and BEC fraud, will continue to cause damage and exemplify just how bad the overall state of cy really is.
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