Live from London, hosts Dan Mellinger and Paul Miller kick off Season 2 of SECURITY.COM The Podcast with special guest Dick O’Brien. As the Principal Research Editor for Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunters, Dick offers an insider’s perspective on the state of ransomware in 2025. 

Here are the highlights

Dan, Dick, and Paul dive into: 

• How ransomware has evolved into an attacker’s ideal business model.
• What’s driving the shift from encryption to extortion-based attacks.
• Why modern ransomware tactics are succeeding time and time again.
• How the line between nation-state and ransomware actors is becoming blurred.
• The impact of AI as ransomware efforts continue to evolve.

For more insights, grab the freshly published report on 2026 Ransomware. 

Short on time? Catch the highlights here.

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