{"id":2552,"date":"2017-08-01T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tsisupport.com\/?p=2552"},"modified":"2021-08-09T05:57:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T09:57:03","slug":"current-state-ransomware-among-smbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tsisupport.com\/tsistaging\/?p=2552","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware News: The Current State of Ransomware Among SMBs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8585\" src=\"https:\/\/tsisupport.com\/tsistaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MICRO-CONTENT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tsisupport.com\/tsistaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MICRO-CONTENT.jpg 900w, https:\/\/tsisupport.com\/tsistaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MICRO-CONTENT-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tsisupport.com\/tsistaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/MICRO-CONTENT-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a report conducted by Osterman Research and sponsored by <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Malwarebytes\" href=\"http:\/\/malwarebytes.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">Malwarebytes<\/a>, more than 1,000 <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Small and medium-sized enterprises\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Small_and_medium-sized_enterprises\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">small and medium-sized businesses<\/a> were surveyed in June 2017 about <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Ransomware\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ransomware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">ransomware<\/a> and other critical security issues. What we discovered was surprising\u2014ransomware authors aren\u2019t only targeting enterprise businesses for big payouts. They\u2019ve got their greedy gaze on businesses of all sizes. In fact, 35 percent of SMB organizations surveyed were victims of a ransomware attack. And while the ransom demands weren\u2019t always large, the impact on productivity made a sizable dent in revenue.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Learn More<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the results of the report, take a look at the infographic we\u2019ve compiled below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tsisupport.com\/tsistaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/The_State_Of_Ransomware_Among_SMBs.fw_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click Here To Download Full Version<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8588\" src=\"https:\/\/tsisupport.com\/tsistaging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/The_State_Of_Ransomware_Among_SMBs.fw_-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1875\" height=\"8855\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"fl-builder-content fl-builder-content-8352 fl-builder-template fl-builder-row-template fl-builder-global-templates-locked\" data-post-id=\"8352\"><div class=\"fl-row fl-row-full-width fl-row-bg-photo fl-node-5ecccdbce25c0 fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center fl-row-bg-overlay BlogCTA\" data-node=\"5ecccdbce25c0\">\n\t<div class=\"fl-row-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"fl-col-group fl-node-5ecccdbce2d8e fl-col-group-equal-height fl-col-group-align-center fl-col-group-custom-width fl-col-group-responsive-reversed\" data-node=\"5ecccdbce2d8e\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fl-col fl-node-5ecccdbce2f49 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small-custom-width\" data-node=\"5ecccdbce2f49\">\n\t<div class=\"fl-col-content fl-node-content\"><div class=\"fl-module fl-module-heading fl-node-5eccce25ec3d2 sec-title title-img-none\" data-node=\"5eccce25ec3d2\">\n\t<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"fl-heading\">\n\t\t<span class=\"fl-heading-text\">Confident with Your IT Strategy?<\/span>\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-5eccce77546d9\" data-node=\"5eccce77546d9\">\n\t<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"fl-rich-text\">\n\t<p>If you found the information in this blog post helpful and you'd like to discuss your business' technology strategy, then we'd be happy to hear from you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-button fl-node-5ecccec3237e8 primary-btn\" data-node=\"5ecccec3237e8\">\n\t<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"fl-button-wrap fl-button-width-auto fl-button-left\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tsisupport.com\/tsistaging\/contact\/\"  target=\"_self\"  class=\"fl-button\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fl-button-text\">Get in touch with tsi<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fl-col fl-node-5ecccf1e8a49c fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small fl-col-small-custom-width\" data-node=\"5ecccf1e8a49c\">\n\t<div class=\"fl-col-content fl-node-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"uabb-js-breakpoint\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a report conducted by Osterman Research and sponsored by Malwarebytes, more than 1,000 small and medium-sized businesses were surveyed in June 2017 about ransomware and other critical security issues. 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