Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2022

Some industries saw particularly high growth of double-extortion attacks, including healthcare (643%), food service (460%), mining (229%), education (225%), media (200%), and manufacturing (190%). Manufacturing was the most targeted industry for the second straight year, making up almost 20% of double-extortion ransomware attacks.

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NetSpi Executives

APRIL 27, 2024

Logins without multi-factor authentication. Hunt and destroy or encrypt backups hosted in local and cloud networks as well as virtual machine snapshots. Some can’t afford not to pay, and some are covered by cyber insurance. Enable multi-factor authentication. Protect your backup systems.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Education, government, energy and manufacturing are others. Cyber criminals have learned that it is not only businesses that make soft targets for the attacks. Multifactor authentication (MFA) can protect critical applications and devices, as can zero trust security principles. But make sure you manage the encryption keys well.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 30, 2023

We know that you know, manufacturing is an area that we've seen a lot of targets over the last quarter. Again, because if you bring down manufacturing operations, there's a high impact to the business and necessity to recover quickly. VAMOSI: So right there, this seems like some kind of authentication bypass. By no means.

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Spinone

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As is often the case, the cost of restoring files from backups can amount to more than paying the ransom. This includes the Billtrust and German manufacturer, Pilz, ransomware infections. Backups aren’t working. Restoring from backup is certainly preferable to paying the bad guys for the damage they have inflicted.

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