Ransomware warning from FBI.

FBI has released Ransomware warning today, April 29 2016. According to FBI the Ransomware attack has seen to grow during 2015 because of the high return value. Ransomware is a program that attackers used to encrypt the victim’s system and ask organization to pay money for the decryption key. FBI said, there is no guarantee that organizations get the key even after they pay the attackers, so the agency recommends not to pay for the Ransomware attack.

Criminals used to use email as means to send Ransomware to a target victim, but due to the improvement in email filtering system this technique is less being used. Currently, criminals are using more sophisticated technique like spear phishing e-mails targeting specific individuals.

Please the detail of the report on the following link.

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2016/april/incidents-of-ransomware-on-the-rise/incidents-of-ransomware-on-the-rise