{"id":7715,"date":"2017-05-19T14:30:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T22:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/05\/19\/news-1500\/"},"modified":"2017-05-19T14:30:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T22:30:23","slug":"news-1500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/05\/19\/news-1500\/","title":{"rendered":"The ransomware epidemic: How to prep for a shakedown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zapt4.staticworld.net\/images\/article\/2017\/05\/wannacry_ransom_screenshot-100722810-large.3x2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Credit to Author: Ryan Francis| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 13:37:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/3197341\/security\/the-ransomware-epidemic-how-to-prep-for-a-shakedown.html#tk.rss_security\" target=\"bwo\" >http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/category\/security\/index.rss<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Ryan Francis| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 13:37:00 -0700<\/strong><\/p>\n<article class=\"slideshow\">\n<figure class=\"slide\"><figcaption>&#8216;Know your enemy&#8217; \u2013 understanding what to prepare for<\/figcaption><img decoding=\"async\" data-imageid=\"100722810\" src=\"http:\/\/images.techhive.com\/images\/article\/2017\/05\/wannacry_ransom_screenshot-100722810-large.jpg\" data-thumb-src=\"http:\/\/images.techhive.com\/images\/article\/2017\/05\/wannacry_ransom_screenshot-100722810-small.jpg\" alt=\"wannacry ransom screenshot\" data-license=\"Thomson Reuters\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"slideCredit\">Image by <span class=\"slideCreditText\">Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"slideBody\">\n<p>While <a href=\"http:\/\/csoonline.com\/article\/3095956\/data-breach\/the-history-of-ransomware.html\" target=\"_blank\">ransomware<\/a> isn&#8217;t new, this once-simple criminal hacker tactic has morphed into a devastatingly effective weapon wielded by more advanced cyber-criminals &#8212; as seen with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/3197048\/cybercrime-hacking\/wannacry-sometimes-you-can-blame-the-victims.html\">recent Wannacry outbreack<\/a>. These sophisticated attackers are highly motivated by the profitable nature of their efforts. Dan Larson, technical director at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdstrike.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CrowdStrike<\/a>, looks at the current state of ransomware, why organizations should take \u00a0threats seriously and how to build a strong defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jumpTag\"><a href=\"\/article\/3197341\/security\/the-ransomware-epidemic-how-to-prep-for-a-shakedown.html#jump\">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[11062,10643],"tags":[11072,714],"class_list":["post-7715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computerworld","category-independent","tag-cybercrime-hacking","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}