Although the last year has fortunately not seen the emergence of a major, global ransomware virus-like WannaCry in 2017, several major companies have fallen victim to different variants. The big question is what to expect in the future.
There is probably no one who has not heard or read (even if they have been lucky or sensible enough to avoid encountering it) about what it is like to have one’s computer files encrypted and only promised to unlock them for ransom. Egregor, Doppelpaymer, Ryuk – today’s most aggressive ransomware types and distribution teams. Now we want to find out whether there is any chance of these ransomware viruses disappearing from our lives in the near future.
The short answer is unfortunately not, and in the longer answer, we will try to outline the reasons for this, point by point.