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

<p>Ransomeware stories are everywhere these days, but what does the threat really look like, and what can be done to protect yourself? <strong>Paul Ducklin</strong>, Principal Research Scientist for <strong><a href="https://www.sophos.com">Sophos</a> </strong>joins us to discuss the issue. Who is to blame? How should a victim react? How should <em>you</em> 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)</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.smilesoftware.com" rel="noopener"><img height="73" style="border: 0pt none;" border="0" src="http://www.macvoices.com/ads/SmileLogo2010-Horz-web-500w.jpg" alt="Smile" width="303" class="aligncenter" align="middle" /></a></p> <p>This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of world-class software like PDFpen, PDFpen Pro, and TextExpander. Find out more at <a href="http://textexpander.com/podcast"><strong>TextExpander.com/podcast</strong></a> and <strong><a href="http://smilesoftware.com/podcast">SmileSoftware.com/podcast</a></strong>.</p> <!--more--> <br /> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <p><strong>Guests:</strong></p> <p><strong>Paul Ducklin </strong>is Principal Research Scientist at <a href="https://www.sophos.com"><strong>Sophos</strong></a>.</p> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com">The Naked Security by Sophos blog</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Support:</strong></p> <p>     Become a MacVoices Patron on Patreon<br />     <a href="http://macvoices.com">http://patreon.com/macvoices</a></p> <p>     Enjoy this episode? Make a one-time donation with <a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=VJKN3V6NK7H8A&currency_code=USD&source=url">PayPal</a></p> <p><strong>Connect:</strong></p> <p>     Web:<br />     <a href="http://macvoices.com">http://macvoices.com</a></p> <p>     Twitter:<br />     <a href="http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner">http://www.twitter.com/chuckjoiner</a><br />     <a