states this increase was about 171 percent between 20, affecting many businesses across Europe and North America.

Ransomware remains an effective tool for cybercriminals because many organizations are still ill-equipped to deal with the threat, prompting many victims to succumb to extortion demands and pay a Bitcoin ransom in the hope of receiving the decryption key needed to restore their network.ĭue to this lack of proper protection and awareness, ransomware shows no sign of slowing down, and the average ransom paid to cybercriminals by organizations targeted by these attacks has nearly tripled in the last year.

A year on, and the trend shows no signs of abating. Attacks on RDP began to skyrocket last spring when more organizations closed their doors. Numerous businesses shifted to remote work to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, making RDP a popular target for cybercriminals. The TSplus development team has released a more robust ransomware protection solution for companies using Remote Desktop (RDP).

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