ransomware

Why do organizations need to prioritize ransomware preparedness?
Hitachi Vantara and Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) announced the findings of a survey of more than 600 IT and cybersecurity professionals, which revealed that 79% respondents …

45% of cybersecurity pros are considering quitting the industry due to stress
Deep Instinct released the third edition of its annual Voice of SecOps Report, focused on the increasing and unsustainable stress levels among 1,000 C-suite and senior …

Top three most critical areas of web security
Akamai Technologies revealed three research reports at the RSA Conference 2022, focusing on three of the most critical areas of web security: ransomware, web applications and …

Healthcare is most likely to pay the ransom
Sophos has published a sectoral survey report which reveals a 94% increase in ransomware attacks on the organizations surveyed in the healthcare sector. In 2021, 66% of …

Qbot – known channel for ransomware – delivered via phishing and Follina exploit
More than a week has passed since Microsoft acknowledged the existence of the “Follina” vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190), after reports of it being exploited in the …

Intruder dwell time jumps 36%
Sophos released the Active Adversary Playbook 2022, detailing attacker behaviors that Sophos’ Rapid Response team saw in the wild in 2021. The findings show a 36% increase in …

Ransomware attacks keeping the educational sector on its toes
Financially motivated cybercriminals are taking advantage of schools’ need for uptime, their scarcity of cybersecurity defense resources, and lack of expertise compared to …

Zero trust segmentation eliminates 5 cyber disasters per year and saves $20+ million annually
Illumio released The Zero Trust Impact Report, a research on market perspectives of zero trust strategies and the business impact of segmentation technology. Conducted by The …

Turning the tables on cyber attackers
Darktrace AI interrupts in-progress cyber-attacks in seconds, including ransomware, email phishing, and threats to cloud environments and critical infrastructure. In this Help …

Ransomware attacks setting new records
Zscaler released the findings of its annual ThreatLabz Ransomware Report, which revealed an 80 percent increase in ransomware attacks year-over-year. In 2022, the most …

Ransomware attacks still the #1 threat to businesses and organizations
In 2021, ransomware attacks continued to be one of the most prominent threats targeting businesses and organizations worldwide. High-profile attacks disrupted operations of …

Most organizations do not follow data backup best practices
Apricorn announced new findings from a survey, which revealed that while the majority organizations have data backup plans in place, data for many are at risk. Nearly 400 …
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