With ransomware attacks up by more than 150% in the first half of 2021, there seems to be no limit to the methods criminal hackers will use to deploy ransomware or otherwise cause cyber mayhem. Their latest trick: hiring your employees and vendors to help them.
Employees Tempted with a Cut of the Haul
Hackers have been known to send phishing e-mails with malicious attachments, deviously infiltrate remote desktops, and exploit any other security weaknesses they can find to gain access to your network. Additionally, what’s to stop them from simply bribing your employees or vendors to help them deploy ransomware? Nothing.
