Researchers show no IoT device is too small to fall victim to ransomware techniques.
There's no question that ransomware has become one of the most feared (and loathed) cybersecurity attack types. The idea of your critical data sitting on your hard drives yet inaccessible is, frankly, terrifying. And a new study shows it could get much, much worse.
You know that cup of coffee that's pretty much the only thing that can get you out of bed most mornings? Well, some eye-opening ransomware research came out with the announcement of a proof-of-concept ransomware attack on a coffee maker. Losing access to critical data is one thing. Losing access to coffee is, as Vizzini said in "Princess Bride," "Inconceivable!"
