Remember that recent article I wrote about how people value their online data much more than what extortionists are asking for when they hit them with ransomware? Well, extortionists seem to have caught on. Newest research paper from Symantec tells us that the average ransom demand is now £525, up from £223 at the end of last year. What’s more, the number of demands spiked to 56,000 in March, which is double the normal rate. Looking at new variants of ransomware, discovered this year, all but one were crypto-ransomware. Last year, 80 percent of new variants discovered were crypto-ransomware. The… [Continue Reading]