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Zerto 10, ransomware

Zerto Launches Zerto 10 for Enhanced Disaster Recovery, Ransomware Mitigation

May 18, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Disaster recovery and ransomware resilience firm Zerto is launching Zerto 10 for Microsoft Azure, a new disaster recovery solution designed to enhance disaster recovery and mobility for complete infrastructure flexibility. The company also unveiled new real-time encryption and detection features and a new air-gapped recovery vault to help mitigate a ransomware attack. According to the […]

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BianLian group, ransomware

BianLian Ransomware Group Skips Encryption and Goes Straight to Exfiltration

May 17, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cybersecurity officials the, FBI, Microsoft and Sophos are warning organizations to limit their use of some legitimate tools as they are being leveraged by the BianLian group, a ransomware group that has targeted organizations with a data extortion model, bypassing the need to encrypt victims’ data. According to a joint advisory from CISA, its Australian […]

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VMware EXSi security

CrowdStrike: VMware ESXi in the RaaS Crosshairs

May 15, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cyberattacks are continuing to target VMware ESXi vSphere hypervisors, with cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike reporting today that ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) platforms are increasingly being leveraged to deploy Linux versions of ransomware tools. According to the cybersecurity giant, these tools are specifically designed to affect VMware’s ESXi vSphere hypervisor. The company’s research into these kind of attacks date […]

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SASE, SASE approaches, SASE implementation

Proofpoint Unveils New Innovations to Combat Increasingly Common Threats

April 24, 2023 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Ahead of the 2023 RSA Conference, Proofpoint, Inc., the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based cybersecurity and compliance company, unveiled a host of innovations across its Aegis Threat Protection, Identity Threat Defense and Sigma Information Protection platforms. The company’s latest solutions empower organizations to stop malicious email attacks, detect and prevent identity-based threats and defend sensitive data from theft, loss and insider […]

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Tax day concept. Businessman using the laptop to fill in the income tax online return form for payment.

Best Practices on How to Avoid Phishing Scams Ahead of Tax Day

April 10, 2023 Steven Spadaccini Leave a Comment

With April’s U.S. tax deadline, cybercriminals have sprung into action. For one, a devious Emotet malware phishing campaign has been launched, masquerading as official W-9 tax form emails sent from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). A malicious group known as Tactical#Octopus is also on the prowl and looking to spread malware through fake file downloads […]

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Microsoft Fortra healthcare ransomware

Microsoft, Fortra Take Action to Disrupt Ransomware Groups Targeting Healthcare

April 7, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

In a move that represents a growing offensive against cybercriminals, Microsoft, cybersecurity firm Fortra and Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center have taken action to disrupt ransomware groups that have been observed attacking healthcare organizations in more than 19 countries. According to Microsoft, the company’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), Fortra and Health Information Sharing and […]

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Businesses Beware: April is the Most Dangerous Month for Ransomware Attacks

April 6, 2023 TD Staff Leave a Comment

The month of April has been identified as the most dangerous period in terms of ransomware attacks, according to research by end-to-end file encryption provider NordLocker. Last year, the month of April saw 294 ransomware incidents, the most attacks per month in all of 2022. Most of these attacks were carried out against U.S. and […]

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backup storage security

Backup and Storage Devices Contain an Average of 14 Security Issues

April 5, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

With storage and backup devices often representing the last line of defense against ransomware attacks and outages, they should be as secure as possible so organizations can restore their data in a critical time of need. However, new research from cyber resilience company Continuity shows that the average enterprise storage and backup device has 14 […]

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Barracuda networks ransomware, cyberinurance

Ransomware Actors May Be Targeting Organizations With Cyber Insurance

March 29, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cybersecurity insurance is becoming a popular option for organizations looking to protect themselves from the financial risks of a cyberattack, but new data shows that organizations with cyber insurance may be more appealing to ransomware attackers. According to Barracuda Networks, 77% of organizations with cyber insurance were hit by a successful ransomware attack in 2022, […]

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CISA Ransomware

CISA Wants You To Report Anything You Know About Ransomware Activity

March 23, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is launching its Pre-Ransomware Notificaiton Initiative designed to help organizations thwart ransomware attacks in the early stages of incidents as ransomware actors dwell in a victim’s environment before deploying the ransomware. According to CISA, that window of time–which can last from hours to days–gives the agency enough […]

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