MacVoices #21115: Paul Ducklin of Sophos on Ransomware and Data Breaches (1)

Ransomeware stories are everywhere these days, but what does the threat really look like, and what can be done to protect yourself? Paul Ducklin, Principal Research Scientist for Sophos joins us to discuss the issue. Who is to blame? How should a victim react? How should you react in a breach situation? Paul has some thoughts on those and all aspects of a breach and how users and companies react. (Part 1) This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of world-class software like PDFpen, PDFpen Pro, and TextExpander. Find out more at TextExpander.com/podcast and SmileSoftware.com/podcast. Show Notes: Guests: Paul Ducklin is Principal Research Scientist at Sophos. Links: The Naked Security by Sophos blog Support:      Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon     http://patreon.com/macvoices      Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with PayPal Connect:      Web:     http://macvoices.com      Twitter:     http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner     http://www.twitter.com/macvoices      Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/chuck.joiner      MacVoices Page on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/macvoices/      MacVoices Group on Facebook:     http://www.facebook.com/groups/macvoice      LinkedIn:     https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckjoiner/      Instagram:     https://www.instagram.com/chuckjoiner/ Subscribe:      Audio in iTunes     Video in iTunes      Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher:      Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss      Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss