Assessing The Ransomware Threat On IBM i

April 10, 2017 Alex Woodie

How would you like to be given the choice of paying a $200,000 ransom or having your server down for a month? Those are real outcomes from two recent ransomware attacks on IBM i servers, which cybercriminals may be starting to target.

“We certainly have seen a trend recently in malware and specifically ransomware, just based on the fact that now people have figured out how to monetize infecting your server,” says Robin Tatam, director of security technologies for HelpSystems and its PowerTech subsidiary. “There’s certainly an increased prevalence of that.”

Windows malware, in particular, poses a serious threat to …