Things I’ve read today

Hi folks,

There is quite a number of articles I’ve read today that might be worth this blog’s attention. You are welcome to discuss any of these articles in the comments or on my podcast.

• Outsourcing crime: How Ransomware-as-a-Service works Trend Micro
• How to Defend Against Ransomware: The Three Stages Phish Labs and it links to the other posts in the series, and I think its a must read
• Why ransomware continues to be successful Trend Micro
• Step aside, James Bond: Cyber espionage on the rise Trend Micro
• Can Internet of Things be the New Frontier for Cyber Extortion? Trend Micro

This is quite a bit of news, all with a theme. While the recent events of the past while show, small networks can be targeted and my targeted attack was small compared to what really can go on. I don’t exactly know how to talk about this on the cast of yet, but I think it does. No matter the attack, web sites are our future. There is no way getting around it. I’m not sure if we can really solve it, except to be as careful as we possibly can. This bothers me, and i think posting these articles I’ve read today may shed some comments on whats up. Wishing i can blog and get my thoughts about all these articles while i read and i’m out, but maybe i can write files which can be synced, and I can post about each one, and look back on twitter to get the link. I’d take a look at all of these articles, and I’d see if you can agree that all of these have some sort of pattern. Your thoughts are welcome.

I’m going to try and post something every day similar to this when I read tech things, so we can open the blog up for comments and discussion. Who knows, it could turn in to a podcast. What are your thoughts? Please read the articles before you comment, so we can have a lively discussion.