All of this speedy, trustworthy, and user-friendly service comes at a significant price.
That’s not a swipe at capitalism or Big Tech. It’s merely a recognition of how rapidly the business operations of today’s “top” ransomware operators have evolved. They’re now behaving more like the major enterprises they’re robbing, according to cybersecurity experts.
“Many of today’s most successful cybercriminal groups operate like Fortune 500 companies, with deep investments in research and development and marketing of their products and services and day-to-day operations,” says Bitdefender’s Daniel Clayton. Spurred on by the proliferation of cryptocurrency and remote work in the COVID age, ransomware is experiencing its own big tech bubble. To set themselves apart from unscrupulous competitors and pull in bigger hauls, some of the leading ransomware gangs began to self-regulate and corporatize their operations over the last several years. And it’s worked.
Other gangs, however, preferred to make the crimes more damaging to victims, rather than more customer-friendly. Early digital heists couldn’t reach their full potential by relying solely on network encryption, as this left the crown jewels of the computerized fortress out of reach to both attacker and victim once the encrypted walls went up.encrypting them, employing a technique now known as multifaceted extortion.
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