November 27, 2020
The Emerging Ransomware-As-A-Service Economy
The more ransomware attacks that occur, the more they succeed, the more the victims pay, other ransomware operators are like, 'Oh yeah, I can do that...
November 29, 2020
Manchester United Risk A £15million Fine Over Ransom Demand
“Facilitating a ransomware payment that is demanded as a result of malicious cyber activities may enable criminals and adversaries with a sanctions .....
November 30, 2020
Data Backup Practices Can Thwart Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malware, often spread through phishing emails (as was the case for Spectra Logic), that once opened, encrypts an ...
November 24, 2020
Blackbaud Faces Another Lawsuit, as More Healthcare Victims Reported
Earlier this year, Blackbaud was hit with a ransomware attack on its self-hosted environment, which compromised some of its client data. The incident...
November 25, 2020
FBI: Ragnar Locker Ransomware Attacks Increase With Data Theft Risk
The group became well known following a massive ransomware attack on a corporate enterprise. Hackers encrypted the network and asked for a $11 ...
November 26, 2020
Ransomware Attack Will Costs French IT Services $60 Million
On Oct. 21, Sopra Steria acknowledged it had detected an attack using a previously unknown version of the Ryuk ransomware. The company noted at ...
November 27, 2020
Cybersecurity Predictions for 2021: Robot Overlords No, Connected Car Hacks Yes
Ransomware Will Evolve. Cyberattacks have matured over the years, with different trends coming and going. Going into 2021, ransomware will almost ...
November 16, 2020
SSL-Based Cyberattacks Increase By 260%; Healthcare Most Targeted
And healthcare was the most targeted sector. healthcare SSL encryption cybercriminals threat actors hidden threats endpoint protection ransomware. By...
November 18, 2020
Sophos identifies top three security trends for 2021
Ransomware operators will also focus on secondary extortion, where attackers not only focus on data encryption, but also steal and threaten to publish...
November 22, 2020
Business interruption drives 60% of cyber losses: Allianz - Business Insurance
Business interruption losses accounted for 60% of cyber insurance claims in the past five years, according to a report published Thursday by Allianz...
November 22, 2020
CrowdStrike: Ransomware hit 56% of organizations in last year
A new CrowdStrike survey determined that more than half of the 2,200 respondents suffered ransomware attacks over the last 12 months. Released Tuesday...
November 21, 2020
Capcom Ransomware Attack Update: Vendors Confirmed Compromise Of Data
Earlier this month, the Japanese gaming firm Capcom suffered a cybersecurity incident reports hinted towards a ransomware attack. After two weeks ...
November 19, 2020
How can I best implement an active archive environment?
Archiving assumes an organization must protect data but might not actively use it for an extended period. Typical archiving technologies include magne...
November 18, 2020
Don't Count Tape Out Just Yet, ESG Report Says
One of tape's advantages over other storage mediums is cost effectiveness. While many people may assume that it is cheaper to store data on the ...
November 16, 2020
The ransomware landscape is more crowded than you think
More than 25 Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) portals are currently renting ransomware to other criminal groups.
November 16, 2020
Ransomware is the greatest threat faced by managed service providers (MSPs) focusing on the ...
In a survey of more than 1,000 MSPs, Datto found ransomware was the most prevalent cybersecurity threat, with 60% of respondents reporting their ...
November 15, 2020
Why Cybersecurity for Small Businesses is More Necessary Now Than Ever Before
One recent example of a damaging ransomware attack occurred in 2019 to a small medical practice in Michigan. After the practice refused to pay a ...
November 3, 2020
How backup fits into your data-protection strategy
The over-arching rule remains 3-2-1 Sponsored  Data is like water. It has to circulate around your organisation, otherwise your survival is in peril....
November 4, 2020
The car you buy in 2025 will include a terabyte of storage. Robo-taxis might need 11TB
And it’ll be in proper SSDs, not cheap NAND muck that drives infotainment systems today, say analysts Passenger cars on sale in 2025 will ship with a...
November 10, 2020
Your archive contains a treasure trove of information. Use it
Analytics mean direction of data travel is no longer one way Sponsored  If an historian or biographer really wants to get under the skin of an individ...
November 15, 2020
Ransomware surges in education sector in Q3 as attackers wait patiently for start of school year | Emsisoft | Security Blog
The number of successful ransomware attacks on the education sector increased by 388 percent between the second and third quarters of 2020. It was a...
November 14, 2020
Belgian companies pay €100 million a year in cyber-ransom
... who revealed that almost one in three companies has had experience of ransomware – where hackers install a piece of software on the company's ...
November 6, 2020
Ransomware Statistics, Trends and Facts for 2020 and Beyond
Ransomware is a type of malware that can either encrypt all of your data or lock you out of your computer. Once the ransomware has infected your ...
November 5, 2020
Badly configured RDP connections major entry point for Windows ransomware
This had happened as ransomware groups had switched to attacking bigger companies "when attackers discovered that the same tactics, techniques, ....
November 5, 2020
What Happens if I Pay the Ransom?
Since businesses often aren't certain what entities may be behind ransomware attacks, the advisory is a potent reminder that the act of paying ransom...
November 5, 2020
Brazil's court system under massive RansomExx ransomware attack
Brazil's Superior Court of Justice was hit by a ransomware attack on Tuesday during judgment sessions that were taking place over video conference.
November 6, 2020
'Picture this': CynergisTek CEO paints bleak picture of ransomware attacks against hospitals
Hospitals are under siege by two plagues: COVID-19 and ransomware. In late September, hundreds of U.S. hospitals operated by Universal Health ...
November 6, 2020
Ransomware gangs that steal your data don't always delete it
Coveware: Half of the Q3 2020 ransomware investigations involved data exfiltration, with cases doubling from the previous quarter.
November 2, 2020
REvil ransomware gang says it wants to reach profits of $2 billion
REvil ransomware developers say that they made more than $100 million in one year by extorting large businesses from various sectors around the ...
November 2, 2020
German Climate Computing Centre cans StorageTek, prefers LTO tape
HSM manages file storage across fast-access, online drives and back-end tape or public cloud object storage to optimise performance and bulk capacity...
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