Ransomware rakes in $1 million in a week

This blog post recounts costly ransomware attacks against Florida municipalities that resulted in downtime of critical services and led the cities to pay large Bitcoin ransoms; it links the resurgence of ransomware to factors such as cyber insurance, highlights Ryuk and other destructive malware threats, warns of nation-state activity, and urges stronger defenses including tested backups, phishing-resistant controls, TLS inspection, and continuous security awareness.