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World Backup Day reminds us all just how precious our data is

Webroot

What is backup? Simply put, backup is a copy of your files. Why backup? Backup enables you to keep your data accessible and secure. According to the 2022 BrightCloud® Threat Report, medium-sized organizations (21 to 100 licensed PCs) experienced malware infection rates that affected nine PCs on average last year.

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New Cybersecurity Rules for Financial Institutions in New York State Take Effect November 1, 2024

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Update the incident response plan to include procedures such as the internal process for responding to cybersecurity events, recovery from backups, and conducting a root cause analysis after an event. Conduct annual tests of the incident response plan, disaster recovery plan, and backup systems.

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3 Reasons We Forget Small & Midsized Businesses are Major Targets for Ransomware

Webroot

Kia Motors, Accenture, Acer, JBS…these companies were some of the largest to be compromised by ransomware in 2021. In our 2021 Webroot BrightCloud ® Threat Report , we found overall infection rates to be rising fastest in the healthcare, non-profit and arts/entertainment/recreation industries.

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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 billion malware attacks were identified by the report. Backup and encryption. So keeping backups offline is of paramount importance.

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Access Management is Essential for Strengthening OT Security

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In September 2021, the FBI’s Cyber Division released a summary of five major attacks against the industry in the prior year , including JBS, a global food processor and meat supplier that paid an $11 million ransom to REvil. This is certainly an option for organizations with well-defined backup and remediation processes.

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Cloudflare Blocks Record DDoS Attack as Threats Surge

eSecurity Planet

The record attack comes amid a recent surge in DDoS attacks, which have soared as ransomware attacks have declined , as more victims refuse to pay the ransom and data backup has improved. attacks per day during Q4 2022, more than three times as many as in Q4 2021, according to Radware. The largest recorded attack in 2022 was 1.46

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Watch out, ransomware attack risk increases on holidays and weekends, FBI and CISA

Security Affairs

“Although FBI and CISA do not currently have any specific threat reporting indicating a cyberattack will occur over the upcoming Labor Day holiday, malicious cyber actors have launched serious ransomware attacks during other holidays and weekends in 2021.” .” reads the advisory published by CISA.