Kaspersky: Most ransomware is from Russia

boston - If a computer is hijacked, the chances are that the perpetrators come from Russia. All ransomware which goes around, comes three quarters from Russia, or at least of Russian-speaking cybercriminals. It involves 47 of the 62 discovered ransomware families, according to the Russian security guard Kaspersky Tuesday.

According to Kaspersky, there are many smart programmers trained in Russia and neighboring countries. They have a lot of money lately, and it can invest in new campaigns. Their latest targets are financial institutions. About Internet banking from a bank lay completely flat, much more ransom demands than is possible in an attack on an individual user.

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Kaspersky counted last year nearly 1.5 million ransomware attacks. Every ten seconds, attacked a human visitor and every 40 seconds a company or organization. 54. In total there are 000 different variants, which can be grouped in 62 families. Ransomware is attractive because it is easy to build and spread, and because to earn easy money with virtual money. They may also remain anonymous, and thus outside of justice. There are no major lawsuits against ransomware been suspects.

The opinions of Kaspersky: provide good security, making regular backups and do not pay.