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2023 Predictions for Storage and Backup Ransomware

CyberSecurity Insiders

2022 clearly demonstrated that attacks on data represent the greatest cyber-threat organizations face. Notable data breaches took place at Microsoft, News Corp., Many of these attacks took advantage of known vulnerabilities and security misconfigurations in storage and backup systems.

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Healthcare Cybersecurity Market Soars: Key Trends and Insights

SecureWorld News

The healthcare sector faces an unprecedented wave of cyber threats, which in turn is fueling record growth in cybersecurity spending. Attackers are not only encrypting data but also engaging in "double extortion," stealing sensitive patient information to demand higher ransoms. The market's expected ris e to $82.9

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Ransomware attacks can and will shut you down

Cisco Security

From extortion to data breaches, ransomware is always evolving, and is becoming very lucrative with Ransomware-as-a-service kit making it easier to target organizations. Downtime varied from minimal disruption (thanks to frequent data backups) to months upon months of recovery time . In 2021: .

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Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: Cost-Effective Defense Strategies

SecureWorld News

Nonprofits often juggle tight budgets and unique operational demands, making it even more difficult to keep sensitive information safe—but here's the thing: you don't need a fortune to build a strong defense against the possible cyber threats out there.

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5 Best Cyber Resilience Solutions of 2025

Centraleyes

There’s a growing recognition that resilience rather than just certifications or complianceis the true measure of cyber maturity. Cyberattacks, system failures, and data breaches arent IF scenariostheyre WHEN scenarios. Cyber Insurance with AI-Driven Risk Assessments (e.g.,

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Local government cybersecurity: 5 best practices

Malwarebytes

Take cyber insurance , for example. Cyber insurance can prevent local governments from having to pay huge out of pocket costs in the event that they’re hit with a cyberattack. 24/7 monitoring of cyber threats. Baltimore learned this the hard way. (An A 2020 survey of 165 municipalities found 50.9%

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Top Cyber Attacker Techniques, August–October 2024

Digital Shadows

Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity increased by 16% during the reporting period, heavily targeting US-based organizations due to perceived financial capability from cyber insurance. Our findings highlight that cyber threats can impact any organization, no matter its size, sector, or location.