Buried in the avalanche of recent cyber attacks, there is good news and bad. Ransomware attacks, which paralysed many organisations — from parts of the UK’s National Health Service to the German railway and major manufacturers — illustrate how acting on good threat intelligence and sensible advice, such as updating and patching software, can avoid major damage. The attack was an example of the crude new business reality: most companies should aim to raise the cost to attackers and make them look for victims elsewhere.
被大量网络袭击淹没的最近这段时期,有好消息也有坏消息。导致从英国国家医疗服务体系(NHS)、到德国铁路和一些主要制造商等许多机构局部或全部瘫痪的勒索软件袭击表明,根据有关威胁的精确情报和合理建议采取行动,如为软件升级和打补丁,可以避免重大损失。这次袭击是反映赤裸裸的新现实的一例:大多数公司应该设立目标,提高袭击者的成本,使他们到别处寻找受害者。