Global Solutions Director Ben Rafferty on the Monetisation of Malware

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In this article about ransomware exploiting vulnerabilities in enterprises’ cybersecurity, Ben Rafferty, Semafone’s Global Solutions Director, details how the increase in these attacks is really a function of being able to monetise viruses.

August 25, 2017

Aaron Lumnah