As the name implies, a ransomware attack involves holding a company at ransom for information or control that the threat actor has stolen from the organization. Understanding how these attacks can impact your organization are an important step in protecting your network.
Ransomware hackers are targeting schools with weak cybersecurity, threatening to release sensitive student information unless a ransom is paid.
Aimed at consumers but equipped with functionality likely to appear in business-focused Acronis backup products in the future, the new release utilizes machine learning to detect and halt ransomware attacks before they can begin corrupting data.
Ransomware isn’t only a threat to large corporations. IT as a Service (ITaaS) and multi-layered security could be the answer for small businesses too.
Fileless ransomware uses a clever bit of trickery to get around antivirus programs. Here’s how it works.
Ransomware is dangerous to all computer users, but those at colleges and universities are particularly vulnerable.
The National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) revealed a recent data breach impacted 890 schools that use its services. A breach notification letter filed with the Office of the California Attorney General said the Cl0p ransomware gang gained access to its MOVEit managed file transfer (MFT) server on May 30 and stole files containing personally identifiable information (PII). Clearinghouse is a nonprofit that […]
Note: The views expressed by guest bloggers and contributors are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to My TechDecisions. As expected from authorities anticipating an increase in threats to the education sector, cyberattacks are continuing to wreak havoc on colleges and universities across the United States. As […]
The MOVEit Transfer story continues to plague IT departments and security professionals as Progress Software has issued another advisory, urging organizations to apply yet another patch to address a privilege escalation flaw in its Transfer product. The company’s update comes amid reports of widespread exploitation, including several at several U.S. agencies that were breached as […]
Cybersecurity firm Fortinet is warning organizations of a critical vulnerability in its FortiGate SSL-VPN devices, continuing a string of recent exploitations of vulnerabilities in similar devices due to their internet-facing nature and access to a victim’s network. The vulnerability–tracked as CVE-2023-27997–is a heap-based overflow flaw that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code […]
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