Given the current state of malware,analyze how and why ransomware is rising to the top of the malware chain.

Read the following article from Dan Goodin in preparation for the assignment: Tuesday’s Massive Ransomware Outbreak Was, In Fact, Something Much Worse.

Given the current state of malware,analyze how and why ransomware is rising to the top of the malware chain.

Research the recent outbreaks of ransomware and explain how this could threaten Saudi organizations, personal systems, etc. and disclose methods of ingress into systems as well as methods of countering the threat.