DD4BC & The Threat of Ransomware

DD4BC. If you don’t know who they are, then listen in. Now we’ve all heard about DDoS attack and earlier this year, there was a DDoS attack group called Lizard Squad, who successfully attacked both PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. Now there’s another group of cybercriminals called DD4BC and Akamai has already identified 114 attacks and extortion attempts with more expected to follow. John Ellis, Chief Strategiest Cyber Security for Akamai Technologies talks about dealing with these and other kinds of security threats.