Ransomware-CriticalThinking.docx

Critical Thinking

Title : Ransomeware Outbreak

Read the following article from Dan Goodin in preparation for the assignment: Tuesday’s Massive Ransomware Outbreak Was, In Fact, Something Much Worse.

Given the current state of malware,

1- please analyze how and why ransomware is rising to the top of the malware chain.

2- Research the recent outbreaks of ransomware and explain how this could threaten organizations, personal systems, etc.

3- Disclose methods of ingress into systems as well as methods of countering the threat.

Your paper is required to be 4-5 pages in length, not including the title and reference pages, and should cite at least one scholarly resource other than the course materials, citing references as appropriate, and formatted to APA 7th edition