SecureList

MAY 8, 2024

From high-profile breaches in healthcare and industrial sectors – compromising huge volumes of sensitive data or halting production entirely – to attacks on small businesses that have become relatively easy targets, ransomware actors are expanding their sphere of influence.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 16, 2021

Pervasive attacks against healthcare, local government, schools and other forms of critical infrastructure are threatening our quality and safety of life every day. Small-to-medium businesses will also be heavily impacted. A small business can end up folding from an unresolved ransomware attack.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2023

Organizations must prioritize email security measures that block malicious attachments, educate employees about ransomware threats, and establish robust data backup and recovery processes. Understanding the risk of supply chain attacks allows organizations to assess and monitor the security of their entire supply chain.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Data backup. The first is high-integrity, air-gapped data backups , which is the quickest and cheapest way to recover from an attack. Determines the initial vector of infection, where your current data backups are, and the sensitivity of encrypted files. File restoration for small businesses to those with thousands of computers.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With vulnerabilities rooted in unsuspecting users, the task of preventing these attacks means both staff training and a robust email and network security system that includes a strong backup program so you have a recent copy of your data that you can roll back to. Offline Backups. Screenshot example. Description. Staff Awareness.

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Jane Frankland

APRIL 28, 2022

Additionally, that data stored in the cloud – which includes public clouds, government-owned clouds, private clouds, and cloud storage providers – is expected to climb to 100 zettabytes by 2025. The pressure for those in charge is immense as cyber risks have scaled, and can now bring businesses, economies, and communities to a halt.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 4, 2022

Companies and executives must understand the ever-changing cybersecurity threat landscape in a high-risk digital environment. Leakware often slips into a corporate system unnoticed and can put sensitive data at risk, such as Social Security numbers (SSNs), phone numbers, and credit card information. According to the U.S.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 11, 2021

Along with keeping your data secure, you will also want to keep all-important personal and client data stored on a dependable backup server. If you have a backup, you can recover the data without playing into the hacker’s game.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 13, 2023

Organizations must prioritize email security measures that block malicious attachments, educate employees about ransomware threats, and establish robust data backup and recovery processes. Understanding the risk of supply chain attacks allows organizations to assess and monitor the security of their entire supply chain.

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Spinone

JANUARY 28, 2020

This is why this type of ransomware is considered a medium-risk type. New ransomware forms can even seep into your backup and encrypt it, leaving you with no options rather than to pay. This is why this type of ransomware is considered a high-risk type. Otherwise, it will keep encrypting files.

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SC Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

Researchers from Microsoft on Thursday reported that the APT group, referred to as Nobelium, compromised a client of Constant Contact, an online marketing services company utilized largely by small businesses for publicity and mass-mailings purposes.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In today's connected environment, there are a large number of evolving cyber threats putting your organization at risk. The results of using the outlined approaches also improved participation and reduced risk, too. And motivations to keep it going year-round are significant. Collaboration is where you get the value.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Another suggestion was traditional Red Team Blue Team design experience with the Black Mirror brainstorm would create a red team with an adversarial role, challenging the blue product team with mitigating the possible risks. It's something that we probably could spend a lot more time on if we had a longer time on stage or in this talk.

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