Ransomware is a type of malicious software that blocks access to a computer or encrypts files and demands money for the key. These attacks have a negative effect on your business, since it not only increases your operational costs but also leads to downtime. In certain situations businesses are not able to restore their data and end up paying large sums of money for its retrieval. This can be detrimental to your business goals. We have collected some of the latest news and articles related to ransomware attacks.
Once Malware breaches a business, it goes about whatever activity it has been programmed to undertake to be that CnC, file encryption or just general
Ransomed medical devices: It’s happening The following blog is an extract from Cisco’s recent Mid Year Cyber Security Report. It highlights how cyber attackers have
Cisco’s recent mid year Cybersecurity report concludes that it is necessary to raise the security warning flag even higher. Cisco security experts are becoming increasingly
The basic objective of a cloud security strategy is to provide a method to monitor and protect the flow of information to and from cloud
When was the last time you had a penetration test of your network or a vulnerability assessment? Penetration testing has traditionally been an annual event for most organisations. Of
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Having GDPR compliant processes and procedures is an essential and fundamental part of ensuring a robust data security and management regime is implemented in your
In our final part of Cisco’s 68 page 2018 Annual Cyber Security Report, we summarise the key findings and highlight the main takeaways contained in the report.While
What will you pay? With a 750% increase in ransomware attacks in 2016, a first layer of defense is needed. View the infographic for new
We introduce another acronym yesterday, CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) and we now expand on the features and benefits of deploying a CASB solution as
