In our 2017 Predictions report, “The Next Tier: 8 Security Predictions for 2017” we state that ransomware growth will plateau in 2017, but attack methods and targets will diversify. Let’s explore what we mean by this and how this threat will evolve next year.
Our predictions are developed based on the changes in the computing landscape and the evolution of a threat. Ransomware and the actors behind this threat have evolved over the years starting as FakeAV, moving to Screen Locker ransomware and finally to where we are today with crypto-ransomware.
