Interak­tiv­nyy ransomware attack simulator

2024: Product Announcement

An interactive simulator of ransomware virus attack has been launched in Russia. We are talking about the development of Kasperkogo Lab. The press service of the company spoke about it in early March 2024.

The launched online game simulates an attack on the company using ransomware. During the game, the user needs to make decisions for an information security specialist in real time in order to confront attackers.

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Today is your first day in the information security department. But the morning coffee is not yet drunk, and the company seems to have already been attacked. What will you do? What do you oppose to the threat?, - reported on the project website.

According to the plot of the game, its main character gets a job in a company selling consumer electronics. After going to work, the character discovers that attackers are trying to attack the organization. He then thinks about whether to report the incident to management or do some research on his own. It depends on the further actions of the hero whether the company will suffer from the ransomware virus.

During the game, the user learns about the principles of EDR solutions for protecting end devices and their advantages over EPP systems. As conceived by the developers, the simulator will be useful for IT and information security specialists and their managers, as well as for everyone who is interested in the topic of cybersecurity and wants to know how attackers act.

Alexei Kiselev, head of the customer service department at Kaspersky Lab, commenting on the launch of the games, noted that ransomware viruses become one of the main threats to companies around the world. In 2023, the number of hacker groups using such software in the world increased by 30%, and the number of victims of attacks - by 70%, Kiselev said.^[1]

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