Ransomware is one of the most successful and profitable weapons in the cyber criminal's armory, partly because it leverages an old-fashioned crime in a new digital format. A new study by Barracuda Networks reveals that 92 percent of people surveyed are concerned about ransomware hitting their organization, and 47 percent of respondents have been a victim of ransomware themselves. Of those that were attacked, 59 percent were unable to identify the source of the ransomware. Of those that did identify the source, 76 percent found that it entered the organization through email. Most interesting are the results relating to SaaS…
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