Renaissance warns of more ransomware attacks

Organisations are struggling to deal with increased sophistication in malware, but how can they protect themselves?

Michael Conway, director with IT security distributor Renaissance

The web is the greatest source of malware, malicious programmes that are injected into legitimate websites that can in turn infiltrate our desktop or mobile devices without our knowledge.

Malware takes many forms including trojans, which can delete, block or damage a user’s computer or keyloggers, which covertly track a user’s keystrokes and use them to decipher passwords.

But one particular form of malware is on the rise, according to Michael Conway, director ...