Webroot

APRIL 21, 2021

Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. By September 2020, the average ransom payment peaked at $233,817. “In

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Webroot

OCTOBER 1, 2021

2020 was a year of immense change. In our 2020 Webroot Threat Report , our security experts made a series of predictions related to the threat landscape. Is the threat landscape more of the same? appeared first on Webroot Blog. We began even more to rely on the internet as a conduit to the world.

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Ransomware Backups Threat Reports Small Business 112

Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

2020 may have been the year of establishing remote connectivity and addressing the cybersecurity skills gap, but 2021 presented security experts, government officials and businesses with a series of unpresented challenges. Experience our award-winning protection for yourself.

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Cybercrime Phishing Ransomware Cryptocurrency 105

SC Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2021

Many more companies and organizations have been hacked and that valuable information was stolen over periods of months and years, ClearSky researchers wrote in a blog posted. The group has used a custom-written malware called “Explosive,” an info-stealing Trojan that the group has used since 2015, he said.

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Antivirus Malware Cyber threats Media 93

CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 13, 2021

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Access management is a key element of any enterprise security program. Indeed, Infosecurity Magazine shared an April 2020 survey that arrived at the following results: Nearly half (45%) of respondents said that they did not consider reusing their passwords to be a serious problem.

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