Malware

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks to a group in Washington, D.C. The FBI recently reported that total U.S. losses from cybercrime topped $4.1 billion in 2020. Today’s columnist, Glenn Mulvaney of Clumio, says while ransomware has become a hot-button issue, companies also need to focus on viruses, DDoS attacks, cryptojacking, and securing the cloud.

The money has never been better, but there are signs that increasingly aggressive responses from law enforcement are taking a toll.

Today’s columnist, Mark Kerrison of New Net Technologies, invokes David Bowie to get the point across that the vast majority of security issues are tied to changes.

Deep Instinct announced that it would back its product with a performance guarantee that delivers false positivity rates of less than 1 percent, plus a ransomware warranty of up to $3 million per company for a single breach.