Security News > 2021 > December > Businesses need to stop thinking that ransomware is different from other attacks

Organizations are in danger of allowing the spectre of ransomware attacks to distract them from keeping up with general security measures, according to SE Labs.

The company says that businesses that challenge their own security environments, and make adjustments where necessary, will be better protected against regular attacks.

"Businesses need to stop thinking that ransomware is somehow different from any other attack," says Simon Edwards, CEO of SE Labs.

Ransomware is merely the 'steal or destroy' stage of an attack where an attacker runs a program that encrypts the victim's data.

Everything up to that point is the same regular attack, whether the intent is to start a ransomware campaign, spy on an organisation silently or use the compromised system as a steppingstone to another network.

"It's then an arms race in which security products block attackers, who then learn how to progress, which then inspires the vendors to adapt. And so on. Just as it's been for decades. But enterprises can also play a role in preventing attacks by challenging their own security environment."

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