New Palo Alto threat intelligence report cites rising cost of ransomware attacks, calls for focus on endpoint security.

The threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks in a new report finds the healthcare sector remains the top target for ransomware, that the attackers’ monetary demands are rising, and that companies need to increase email security awareness and sharpen their focus on endpoint security.

“Once they’re in, you’re done – your opportunity was to execute defenses beforehand,” Jen Miller-Osborn, deputy director of threat intelligence for Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, said in an interview with Inside Cybersecurity. Ransomware attacks...