{"id":66007,"date":"2019-11-28T11:17:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T11:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.commercialriskonline.com\/?p=66007"},"modified":"2020-01-28T08:38:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T08:38:03","slug":"beware-ransomware-the-threat-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialriskonline.com\/beware-ransomware-the-threat-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware ransomware: the threat continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-excerpt\">\n    <p>Risk managers should not relax their guard against ransomware attacks, according to an IT expert who has warned the threat still exists.<\/p>\n<p>David McMurdo, regional director \u2013 South Africa, for Veritas Technologies, said: \u201cYou...<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Want to read this article?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialriskonline.com\/subscribe\/\">Register<\/a> for ultimate access to this article and ALL our premium content<\/p>\n<p><strong>ULTIMATE ACCESS<\/strong><strong> PROVIDES YOU WITH<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unrestricted access to Commercial Risk, Commercial Risk Europe and Global Risk Manager news, exclusive expert analysis and opinion<\/li>\n<li>Breaking news, daily and\/or weekly Commercial Risk Europe newsletters and regular digital publications<\/li>\n<li>Breaking news, weekly and monthly Global Risk Manager newsletters and quarterly digital Journal<\/li>\n<li>European and global surveys, rankings and special reports<\/li>\n<li>National European local language newsletters<\/li>\n<li>Preferential access to webinars and virtual and physical conferences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are already a registered user or subscriber you can LOGIN below for ultimate access:<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n      \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n          <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.commercialriskonline.com\/login\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username or E-mail<\/label>\n                  <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n                    <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66007\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialriskonline.com\/login\/?action=forgot_password\">Forgot Password<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Risk managers should not relax their guard against ransomware attacks, according to an IT expert who has warned the threat still exists. 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