[HN Gopher] We analyzed 80M ransomware samples
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       We analyzed 80M ransomware samples
        
       Author : belter
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2021-10-17 17:26 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (blog.google)
 (TXT) w3m dump (blog.google)
        
       | belter wrote:
       | VirusTotal Ransomware Activity Report:
       | https://storage.googleapis.com/vtpublic/vt-ransomware-report...
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       | "So what did we learn from our actionable data? Four things stand
       | out
       | 
       | - First while big campaigns come and go, there is a constant
       | baseline of ransomware activity that never stops.
       | 
       | - Second, attackers are using a range of different approaches,
       | including well-known botnet malware and other RATs.
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       | - Third, in terms of ransomware distribution attackers don't
       | appear to need exploits other than for privilege escalation and
       | for malware spreading within internal networks.
       | 
       | - Finally, as noted earlier, Windows accounts for 95 percent of
       | the ransomware targets, compared to 2 percent for Android."
        
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