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Are You Vulnerable To Ransomware? 6 Questions to Ask Yourself

Vipre

For instance, failing to educate users on the dangers of phishing amounts to business malpractice. Your answers should make it obvious in which areas of security you need to invest: Are you training users on the dangers of phishing? 66% of ransomware infections are due to spam and phishing emails.

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Ransomware, BEC and Phishing Still Top Concerns, per 2021 Threat Report

Webroot

Although cybercriminal activity throughout 2020 was as innovative as ever, some of the most noteworthy threat activity we saw came from the old familiar players, namely ransomware, business email compromise (BEC) and phishing. Read more about the hidden costs of ransomware in our eBook.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 418 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Duo Makes Verifying Device Trust as Easy as 1-2-3

Duo's Security Blog

Enforcing security requirements such as OS updates and disk encryption help organizations set a baseline for healthy and compliant devices. Unknown devices offer the lowest level of trust because they’re beyond the control of the IT department. For critical applications and environments with sensitive data (e.g.,

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Can your EDR handle a ransomware attack? 6-point checklist for an anti-ransomware EDR

Malwarebytes

Stolen credentials, phishing attacks, zero-day applications, and OS vulnerabilities exploit our trust in endpoints. Read our "A Defender's Guide to Ransomware Resilience" eBook! Demo: Your data has been encrypted! Looking to further empower your business in the fight against ransomware? More resources.

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How to Mitigate Ransomware Attacks with MFA

Duo's Security Blog

And for more information on protecting against ransomware, be sure to check out our ebook: Protecting Against Ransomware: Zero Trust Security for a Modern Workforce. Once the malware has been installed and spread, hackers can gain access to sensitive data and backup data, which they encrypt to hold the information hostage.

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Protecting Against Ransomware 3.0 and Building Resilience

Duo's Security Blog

Compromised credentials and phishing attacks, our previous two points of focus in the series, are two of the most common entry paths to ransomware deployment. When users get phished, bad guys start attempting to use the stolen credentials within 10 minutes. In the final instalment of this series, we cover the rise of ransomware 3.0