Revenue model: ₹160 crores in 2 years thru Ransomware

Research suggests Ransomware victim has paid over ₹160 crores in 2 years according to Google study. This shows Ransomware attacks are getting sophisticated due to the Digital Transformation initiatives without proper due diligence to the defense in depth mechanism. A simple query shows 1,838,142 systems which have exposed SMB services on the internet. This is a clear business opportunity for Ransomware Boss. If he is able to get thru 20% of the exposed SMB system, I am sure it will be a huge revenue model without going thru a MBA program :)

Should I pay the ransom?

• The first option is to pay the ransom, however, It’s like a lottery system, there is NO guarantee that attacker (BOSS) will release your files. Firstly, identify the impact on the system and then follow the Incident response management procedure
• Please don’t encourage this crime by simply paying the money rather develop required control beforehand.

Human to Cyber Human: Our Journey to Future

A groundbreaking exploration of how cyberspace is changing the way we think, feel, and behave. In recent year the Cyber war will take precedence to human; however, the execution model will change. 

The technology shift will enable mankind to develop an ecosystem which will be self-sustained to take the decision not which are programmed; however will become so powerful that they can self-develop the underlying operating instruction. If we look at the technology advancement it’s very evident that Technology is moving away from Human (Storing the data which is out of our control over the Cloud, IIOT, Analytics/Correlation, Machine learning and much more) and this race will take over all the controls. The future is not far where Cyber Humans will be controlling the National cyber wars using  a Cyber psychologist to predict the cyber movement and behaviors. This is the phase where Human and Technology collide and Cyber Humans will take precedence. Let’s look at the below statics to map the above idea-

The Internet is universal, always delivering rich, Dynamic content—all day, all night, always on. 

Internet Usage Expansion- Statistics  

• 2000- 6.5 percent Internet Usage 
• 2015 -43 percent of the global population
• 2016- more than 3.2 billion people are now online  

  

Internet Devises(Phone) expansion in less than 10 year

• 2005- than 2 billion
• 2015-7 billion 

Average Time spend on Internet-

• In last 2 years the adoption of internet has increased to 65 percent
• Mobile phone users checked their devices more than 1500 times a week. There are several apps that will count that for you, if you need a little help managing your habit and help to understand the cyber behaviors of the user.  The Cyber psychologist will study of the human mind and its behavior in the online world and provide a roadmap for the larger community for cyber evolution. 

Earlier in the confab, I emphasized my views that it’s very evident that Cyber space is turning into a distinct space which is open to all. Let’s first understand the analogy between Human and Cyber World, which will help to drive this discussion on Process of Building of Cyber Human. 

Human Body	Cyber World
Virus	Virus
Flue/ebola	Malware/Ransomware
External Infection leading to Multiple organ failures	DDOS and other distributed attacks.
Self-healing	Machine Learning
Mind Control Body	operating instruction control system
Heart is the main component which drives the functioning	CPU driving the functioning.

Human behaviors in the cyber space mutate and hence cyber mutation will drive the swift towards Cyber Human.  So in a nut shell the implication of  online experience and environment will drive this revolution no matter if you are actively participating or not.