Cybercriminals are taking cues from legitimate enterprises and focusing on growing their operations. Different variations of ransomware-as-a-service show the evolving nature of the business.
From familiar ransomware families resurfacing with new and improved variants, to older families inspiring new ones, and even new business models, here's a review of ransomware activity seen last week.
Much of the coverage on ransomware either focuses on how it arrives in a system and the damaging repercussions that comes after. But what happens in between? Here's what happens in the background, before victims see the ransom note.