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Call for ransom reporting framework to tackle cyber criminals Save Share Shadow minister for cyber security Tim Watts says a mandatory reporting regime for businesses that feel they have no choice but to pay cyber criminals extorting them would help smoke out and target crypto-currency exchanges being used to launder funds and hit ransomware groups financially. Ransomware attacks are estimated to have cost the Australian economy $1.4 billion in 2020, including both ransom demand costs and average down time of networks, according to security firm Emsisoft. Shadow assistant minister for communi...

RSA: As Ransomware Threats Mount, It’s Time for Coordinated Tactics Malicious actors have used ransomware attacks with impunity to disrupt business and society at large. Government and industry must coordinate to combat this national security threat. Cybercriminals have been able to act with impunity and without sufficient consequences, said experts at the recent RSA Conference 2021. Ransomware attacks have become economically burdensome but also increasingly disruptive to basic services, such as health care and education. As the targets for attacks have increased given digitization, ...

Jen Miller-Osborn, deputy director of threat intelligence, Unit 42 at Palo Alto Networks The ransomware challenge facing organizations today traces directly to the success being enjoyed by gangs who wield such malware, says Jen Miller-Osborn, deputy director of threat intelligence for Unit 42 at Palo Alto Networks. Criminals who wield ransomware are seeing low barriers to entry and enormous potential profits on offer, especially as more victims pay higher ransoms. What more can be done to challenge extortionists' seemingly limitless ability to disrupt corporate networks as they demand ransom ...

What is the current state of ransomware and what needs to be done to stop it? A panel of experts at the RSA Conference has a few ideas