Ransomware: A game of cat and mouse

In previous blogs we focused on how cybercriminals utilize vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP),email and supply chains to drop ransomware onto an organization’s systems. Although these are popular methods, they are by no means the only techniques used by those with malicious intent.

Zero-day vulnerability

While cybercriminals can benefit from exploiting both known and unknown vulnerabilities, laying hands on a zero-day vulnerability is seen as the mother lode for bad guys. This is because a zero-day vulnerability is one that is either unknown to the vendor in question, or one that is known but does not yet have a patch to correct for it.