A study unveiled on May 28 by the National Police of Colombia shows that ransomware attacks are a rising trend across the country.
The report notes that 30% of all ransomware attacks within Latin American have specifically targeted Colombia.
The report, made in alliance with Cisco, McAfee, Microsoft, Absolute, Fortinet, and Claro, states that the threat of ransomware in Colombia is "Underestimated."
The quantity of Colombian attacks are followed by Peru, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina, with SMEs being the preferred targets of cybercriminals.
Phishing emails: the preferred way to deliver ransomware attacksThe preferred method for attackers continues to be the massive sending of phishing emails.
A high percentage of clicks come from victims who open links with ransomware attached.
The main threat is Lockscreen Ransomware, which prevents the targeted system from being use by locking the home screen.
Up to $1 million ransoms collected through 2019The National Police stated that the criminals collected between 300 million and 5 billion Colombian pesos in 2019 through ransomware attacks.
The study also says that the COVID-19 crisis has helped increase the number of ransomware attacks in the country, which is a pattern that has been repeating itself in other countries.
Cointelegraph also reported on March 14 about a report by DomainTools which unveiled new ransomware that took advantage of an Android app to install an attack on consumer devices.
Colombia Is The Ransomware Capital Of Latin America
Published on May 28, 2020
by Cointele | Published on Coinage
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