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A look at the realities of ransomware from Sophos, including an industry-first detailed look at new detection evasion techniques in WastedLocker ransomware attacks that leverage the Windows Cache Manager and memory-mapped I/O to encrypt files. A complementary article examines the evasion-centric arms race of ransomware, providing a months-long review of how cybercriminals have been escalating and markedly changing evasion techniques, tactics and procedures (TTPs) since Snatch ransomware in December 2019.\xa0\nThe research also breaks down the five early warning signs organizations are about to be attacked by ransomware and why ransomware attacks continue to occur.\nJoining us on this week's Research Saturday to walk us through the research and share their findings is Sophos' Principal Research Scientist Chet Wisniewski and EVP & Chief Product Officer Dan Schiappa.\nThe media alert and research articles can be found here:\xa0\n\nMedia Alert: Sophos Reports on the Realities of Ransomware\n\nWastedLocker\u2019s techniques point to a familiar heritage\n\nRansomware\u2019s evasion-centric arms race\n\n5 signs you\u2019re about to be hit by ransomware\n\nThe realities of ransomware: extortion goes social\n\nRansomware: why it\u2019s not just a passing fad\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices