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Microsoft: This is How to Protect Against Ransomware

Microsoft says securing identities, hardening cloud infrastructure and leveraging comprehensive security tools will help protect against ransomware.

September 1, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has outlined its three strategies to protect against ransomware and the growing as-a-service cybercrime economy that has taken hold among ransomware groups. As well as investing in “integrated threat protection across devices, identities, apps, email, data and the cloud,” Microsoft suggests organizations take three key strategies to protect against ransomware, including preparing a defense […]

This Week in IT: Microsoft Teams for Education Updates, Ransomware Attacks Spike, Organizations Impacted by Nation State Cyber Attacks

Microsoft Teams for education gets a new look, ransomware attacks spike, hackers exploit entire email inboxes and more highlight this week's IT news.

August 25, 2022 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you This Week in IT, a curated summary of IT and enterprise technology stories each week. Microsoft Teams for Education Gets a new […]

Ransomware, Zero-Day Vulnerabilities On the Rise

Ransomware variants and the use of zero-day vulnerabilities continued their upward tend in the first half of 2022, Fortinet report says.

August 17, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The number of new ransomware variants nearly doubled in the first half of 2022 and attackers are increasingly leveraging zero-day vulnerabilities, painting a dire picture for IT and cybersecurity professionals, according to a new report from cybersecurity solutions provider Fortinet. According to the company’s FortiGuard Labs Threat Landscape report for the first half of 2022, […]

This Week in IT: Google Meet, Cisco Attack, Ransomware, IT Spending

Google Meet updates, a sophisticated phishing attack against Cisco, IT spending and other cybersecurity items highlight this week's IT news.

August 11, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you This Week in IT, a curated summary of IT and enterprise technology stories each week. New Google Meet live-sharing features As […]

Ransomware Groups Continue to Disrupt Industrial Operational Technology

Dragos observed 125 ransomware incidents targeting industrial OT environments in Q2 compared to 158 in the last quarter.

August 9, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Ransomware groups continued to target industrial organizations and infrastructures and disrupt operational technology (OT) operations in the second quarter of 2022, according to industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos, Inc. In May of 2022, electronics manufacturer Foxconn was hit by Lockbit 2.0 ransomware, resulting in over 1,200 servers in one of the company’s factories in Mexico becoming […]

Atlas VPN: Ransomware Hackers Take 30+ Terabytes of Data in 2022

Ransomware attacks have been terrorizing businesses of all sizes and stealing more than 30 TB of data through more than 300 attacks in 2022.

August 3, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Ransomware hackers have stolen over 30 terabytes (TB) of personal and other sensitive data throughout more than 300 attacks in 2022, according to researchers at Atlas VPN. The team analyzed 623 ransomware incidents across the EU, the United Kingdom and the United States for a reporting period from May 2021 to June 2022. In January, […]

Education Has a Higher-Than-Average Ransomware Impact

As ransomware continues to grow, recovery costs and timelines in the education sector outpace global averages, Sophos report finds.

July 18, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

As virtually every industry sector is reporting an increase in cyberattacks and ransomware, the education sector remains one of the hardest hit of late, with recovery costs and timelines outpacing global averages, according to a new report from cybersecurity software provider Sophos. The company’s survey of 5,600 IT professionals in higher education and K-12 across […]

WatchGuard: Ransomware on Pace for Record Year

WatchGuard Technologies says ransomware detections doubled the total number of detections for all of 2021 in just the first quarter.

June 28, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Despite increased law enforcement pressure on the ransomware industry and an IT community that has never been more aware of the ransomware threat, ransomware detections had already doubled the total number of detections for all of 2021 in just the first quarter, according to a new report from WatchGuard Technologies. The cybersecurity firm’s researchers say […]

Tenable: Ransomware-as-a-Service is Booming

A new report from Tenable details the lucrative ransomware industry and how cybercrime has matured into a business-like ecosystem.

June 22, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The subscription economy adopted by the software industry is growing ransomware from what was once a fledgling threat to an IT security crisis as ransomware groups continue to pad their wallets and grow the ransomware-as-a-service economy, according to a new report from Tenable. According to the Maryland-based vulnerability management software company, that service model is […]

Businesses Take Bigger Hit in Productivity After Ransomware Attack Than Ransom Payment Itself

June 20, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

According to GetApp’s new survey, only 11% of businesses who paid ransom say it was attack’s biggest impact STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The full impact of a ransomware attack extends well beyond the ransom payment, according to GetApp’s 2022 Ransomware Impacts Survey of 300 ransomware victims. Only 11% of respondents say the ransomware payment was the most […]