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posted by on Wednesday December 14 2016, @11:49AM   Printer-friendly
from the next-up:-ransomware-for-IoT-devices dept.

According to an article on DarkReading.com, ransomware will remain king in 2017.

2016 was the year of ransomware, with hackers focusing their attentions on exploiting Internet users and businesses around the world for profit. According to the FBI, cyber-extortion losses have skyrocketed, and ransomware was on track to become a $1 billion a year crime in 2016.

Our research shows no sign of this security nightmare slowing down in 2017. Hackers are becoming more advanced, and ransomware remains an incredibly easy, lucrative way for them to make money. Unfortunately, the security community has only started to develop defenses that can protect Internet users from ransomware.

With the new year around the corner, security researchers at Malwarebytes Labs have compiled a list of predictions for new ransomware threats, developments, and opportunities that they expect consumers and businesses will face in 2017.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 14 2016, @12:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 14 2016, @12:31PM (#441248)

    Didn't we just have a story about a blog where some guy reverse engineered an emulator to fix a security flaw?

    You're so incredibly fucking ignorant you truly believe DMCA === BAD.

    Well after years of living among moronic shit like you, I've reached the only possible conclusion: there's no hope for your kind.

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 14 2016, @12:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 14 2016, @12:44PM (#441251)

    You're so incredibly fucking ignorant you truly believe DMCA === BAD.

    Well, a lot of it is bad. Hindering reverse engineering efforts is bad. Censorship without due process (DMCA notices) is bad, and making it easier to censor those who violate copyrights doesn't justify it because due process is more important. Restricting fair use is bad. Plenty about the DMCA is pretty bad, and this is pretty much undeniable unless you're a hardcore copyright maximalist.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 14 2016, @06:06PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 14 2016, @06:06PM (#441353)

      You'll be getting a DMCA notice to remove your post because of your blatant copyright violation. You quoted a portion of the GP's post without explicit written permission. And before you object keep in mind that no use of GP's worthless post can be considered "fair use".

  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Wednesday December 14 2016, @04:51PM

    by Scruffy Beard 2 (6030) on Wednesday December 14 2016, @04:51PM (#441322)

    In this story [soylentnews.org] the emulator was actually open source.

    The Canadian version of the DMCA [justice.gc.ca] got delayed by about 12 years, and has exemptions [justice.gc.ca] for: Law enforcement and national security, Interoperability of computer programs, Encryption research, Security (including data leaks), and Persons with perceptual disabilities.

    We have had the benefit of hindsight after seeing how bad the DMCA really was. Many of those exemptions are the direct result of the suppression of security research in the United States.