Individuals or organizations with malicious intents, that are out to damage your businesses reputation or want to extort money, can now do so by utilizing Ransomware-As-A-Service providers available for hire on the Dark Net - such Ransomwares can be customized to exploit the vulnerabilities that are present in your infrastructure.

Ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated. According to a survey conducted by Sophos, it has been found that close to 75% of the targets of such attacks had been running up to date end point protection services at the time of the attack. It was also found that an average of $133,000 per attack was spent in order to minimize the impact of the incidents.

It is imperative that you are aware of the vulnerabilities that are present in your IT infrastructure, using which people with malicious intents can misuse to cause financial losses and damage to your businesses reputation.