Thanks to the hundreds of you that filled our the Ransomware survey.You should have received the free key for the home internet securitycourse last Friday. Let me know if you did not.
Well, the survey shows the growing alarm among you about the threatof ransomware like the infamous CryptoLocker. The survey of 300 IT Proscompared the levels of concern over ransomware to a similar survey byIT Security company Webroot in January this year.
There is a rapidly growing apprehension over ransomware, rising to73% from 48% of those who are very or extremely concerned about it.At this point in time, nearly half of you know someone who hasexperienced a ransomware attack and it worries you more now with 88%expecting ransomware to increase for the remainder of the year comparedto 66% at the start of this year.
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