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Ransomware: “It won’t happen to me…” until it does
With ransomware, it is easy to assume, “it won’t happen to me” until it does. Dr. William Scalf and Dr. John Bizon became victims of this horrific cybercrime in March of this year. The two doctors own a small medical office in Battle Creek Michigan that has been...
Businesses Are Losing Money Over Data Management Deficiencies
Across the world, more than 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created daily. You read that right---2.5 quintillion! Let’s look at that number another way: over 2.5 trillion megabytes of data are created daily. That is the equivalent to 500 million 4-minute songs. And...
Honda Battles Ransomware
Honda, one of the largest vehicle manufacturers in the world, was hit by a ransomware attack on Monday, June 8th. News of the attack came after Honda tweeted a message informing the public that Honda Customer and Financial Services were experiencing technical...
T-Mobile DDoS Attack Was Just a Network Issue
A tweet meant to spread misinformation sent much of the U.S. into a panic on Monday. A countrywide T-Mobile network outage was mistaken for a Distributed-Denial-of-Service attack when the Twitter account @YourAnonCentral claiming to be Anonymous affiliated tweeted...
I’ve Been Hit by Ransomware… What Now?
In an article titled "Best practices to remediate a ransomware attack" published through Business & Finance, Filip Verloy, Field CTO EMEA of Rubrik says, “As the use of remote working rises, so do potential threats and vulnerabilities, especially within a smaller...
The Top Cybersecurity Concerns for the Upcoming Elections
2020 has not been our year. We won’t air out its dirty laundry, but we all can remember the events that had plagued these first 6 months, with the Coronavirus Pandemic taking the cake. Across the internet, users are wondering “What is coming next?” The Coronavirus...
OpEx Versus CapEx
“Being ever-evolving as an attack tool, even the simplest form of ransomware can cost significant time and money, but more severe attacks can deal a crippling blow and even destroy a company completely, sparing no one” (Ransomware Facts, Trends & Statistics for...
Rubrik Announces Expansions to Service Polaris During Digital Forward Summit
On Monday Rubrik held the Rubrik Forward Digital Summit. More than 7,500 registered attendees from 81 different countries joined CEO and Co-founder Bipul Sinha, President of Rubrik, Dan Rogers, comedian Hasan Minhaj, and others to celebrate the innovations in data...
Advice from Microsoft: Blocking Ransomware Attacks
We have seen lots of changes in businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As most companies are converting to a remote workforce, we have seen human-operated ransomware campaigns targeting healthcare organizations and critical services. To prevent these attacks,...
Five Tips to Reduce Your Ransomware Attack Surface
When it comes to protecting ourselves against ransomware, there is no one magic thing that we can do to make us immune to attacks. Cybersecurity is about creating a layering defense and covering all bases. This takes time and resources but is crucial to the success of...
Increases in Ransomware since COVID-19
“The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a massive increase in the number of cybercrime complaints flowing into the FBI these days” -Tony Ugortez, Bureau Official, FBI. Critical Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has re-emphasized the need for effective cyber security...
We Critiqued Organizations’ Reactions to Recent Ransomware Attacks
With ransomware so often in the news, are organizations really shaping up their IT infrastructure? Organizations are increasing cybersecurity budgets and investing in security metrics to avoid being subject to data breaches. Despite their efforts, the number of...
Bridge to Brik
We understand that your data is important. The need for businesses to have a data backup and recovery plan in place cannot be overstated. Hard drive failure, file corruption, cyber crime, or even a virus could possibly wipe out all your important files and leave your...
You are the Problem: How the Misinformed are Bankrolling Hackers
I recently talked with a friend about using anti-virus software. The topic of conversation was ransomware and how we could protect ourselves against it. When I suggested he try some free antivirus software, his response was surprising to me: “I don’t believe in that...
Durham City Wins The Battle Against Ransomware
On Friday, March 6th, the City of Durham and Durham County governments fell victim to a ransomware attack. A statement released on Sunday described the attack in more detail explaining that it originated from a malicious email attachment and then was spread across...