Security News > 2022 > June > A Guide to Surviving a Ransomware Attack
Oliver Tavakoli, CTO at Vectra AI, gives us hope that surviving a ransomware attack is possible, so long as we apply preparation and intentionality to our defense posture.
Often, there is a misguided characterization of ransomware attacks that implies defenders either completely thwart an attack or that attackers establish complete control of their targets' IT infrastructure.
The past couple of years have illustrated that defenders' success in dealing with ransomware attacks fall along a broad spectrum of potential outcomes, some obviously better than others.
An example of an attack with a leak-centered goal was the REvil-associated attack on Quanta, which exfiltrated specs of future Apple product designs.
The DarkSide-associated attack on Colonial Pipeline and the REvil-associated attack on JBS Foods squarely targeted this goal: the ransoms were paid to try to ensure quick recovery in the ability of the companies to resume normal operations.
Several factors constrain the possible outcomes of a ransomware attack.
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