Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Here is the latest ransomware tracking information from The Record. Ransomware tracker: the latest figures [May 2022] – The Record by Recorded Future Up or down the trend does not matter, ransomware is out there in numbers that make it a threat to any organisation – make sure you have: …
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When breaking into a computer system cost significant money and resources, only a few capable individuals and groups did it. Now with the availability of cloud services and mass distribution the best resourced cyber gangs are turning to a gig economy model, combined with the IT “as-a-service” model to sell …
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It is the oldest and easiest bit of email social engineering – promise you something that is too good to be true. Your tempted and the hackers have got you. You think this would have gone the way of “princes offering to share millions with you, if you will just …
If your back-up and incident response plan is completely useless, you could always fall back on just paying the ransom that the cyber criminals demand. A Sophos study showed 46% of businesses did this: Study: 90% of organizations say ransomware impacted their ability to operate | TechRepublic But this study …
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This report from NCC Group about the state of cyber attacks for March 2022 shows the continuing rise of ransomware attacks across the United States and Europe. With the Hive ransomware gang emerging as one of the greatest threats. NCC Group Monthly Threat Pulse – March 2022 | NCC Group …
