Responsible Cyber

APRIL 8, 2020

If an employee is tricked by a malicious link in a phishing email, they might unleash a ransomware attack on their small business. Once access is gained, ransomware quickly locks down business computers as it spreads across a network. Businesses must also ensure they have secure backups of their critical data.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 19, 2022

This may include firewall, password protection, security training, username and password authentication, data backup, business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) solutions and so on. These are separate layers of defense that help protect your business and data in their own unique ways. Data backup and recovery.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Small and midsized businesses (SMBs) are the targets in 43% of all cybersecurity incidents. Phishing, ransomware, site defacement and SEO spam are just some of the most common threats SMBs face online. With the right plan and support, your online business can avoid these malicious attacks and the potential damage they cause.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

With the rise in malware and ransomware and a growing reliance on the internet, antivirus solutions are critical for protecting your data and applications. Multi-layer ransomware protection. A network firewall. Ransomware protection. Two-way firewall. What’s the best antivirus software? Privacy protections.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Ransomware is among these weapons — and it poses a significant threat. Cybersecurity Ventures estimates that a ransomware attack targets a business every 14 seconds , and that number will fall to 11 seconds by 2021. What Is Ransomware? Cybercriminals love ransomware because it’s profitable. million ransom demand.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 23, 2022

Small businesses generally don’t have time to dip into logs several times a day, monitor every aspect of endpoint security via complex management consoles, or jump from point product to point product to stay on top of security. FortiGate Network Firewall. See the Top Next-generation Firewalls (NGFWs).

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Have you experienced a ransomware attack yourself or would like to know how to protect OneDrive from ransomware in the future? Let’s find out more about ransomware and Office 365 ransomware recovery. Unfortunately for users of cloud services, ransomware strategies are evolving rapidly.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

We’ll get into specifics below, but here are five steps to prevent ransomware attacks, along with links to jump ahead: Harden against attacks : Patch, update, and change settings to harden resources against attacks. Hardening includes, but is not limited to: Block unused ports on servers and firewalls.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

With lateral movement across a victim’s IT infrastructure, threat actors can escalate privileges, spread malware , extract data , and disrupt IT services as with ransomware attacks. SamSam Ransomware: Malware Specializing in RDP. As long as actors go undetected, the timing of attacks is on the perpetrator’s terms.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 17, 2023

But these small businesses had, in their desire to grow, they wanted to do businesses with larger companies that required security. It's very expensive for a small or medium sized business to actually get secure. Ransomware hackers. They attack the servers that actually have your files right to ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Financial institutions in the 1990s and 2000s were some of the first to incorporate encryption to protect online transactions, particularly as backup tapes were lost in transit. Read more on the latest threat actors’ techniques with How Ransomware Uses Encryption – and Evolves. Symmetric Encryption vs Asymmetric Encryption.

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