Ransom-seeking hackers have increasingly turned a greedy eye toward the world of managed file transfer (MFT) software, plundering the sensitive data being exchanged between organizations and their partners in a bid to win big payouts.Governments and companies globally are scrambling to deal with the conse
Ransom-seeking hackers have increasingly turned a greedy eye toward the world of managed file transfer software, plundering the sensitive data being exchanged between organizations and their partners in a bid to win big payouts.
Consumer programs might be fine for exchanging files between people but MFT software is what you want to exchange data between systems, said James Lewis, the managing director of UK-based Pro2col, which consults on such systems.MFT PROGRAMS CAN BE TEMPTING TARGETS By contrast, subverting an MFT program - which typically faces the open internet - was something more akin to knocking over a convenience store, he said.
Typical digital extortionists still encrypt a company's network and demands payment to unscramble it. They might also threaten to leak the data in an effort to increase the pressure. But some are now dropping the finicky business of encrypting the data in the first place.
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