KnowBe4, a security training platform, is sharing five strategies organizations should take to avoid phishing scams. According to recent research from the company, between November 2024 and February 2025 there was a 57.7% increase in successful phishing attacks. Since phishing attacks target humans, it’s important to properly train employees to avoid them. Here are five… … continue reading
Trust seems like a quality that would be inherent in any golden retriever or boy scout, but what about your cyber resilience strategy? When faced with an ever-increasing amount of cyberattacks, do you trust the people, technology and procedures in place? Resiliency requires planning and constant testing. The notion of trust is becoming increasingly vital… … continue reading
A majority of companies believe they have the necessary technologies and processes in place to deal with security events in a timely manner, but new survey data shows that in practice, this isn’t the case. Cohesity surveyed 3,1000 IT and security decision makers for its Global Cyber Resilience Report 2024, and 78% of the respondents… … continue reading
Back in October, Microsoft was informed that drivers certified by Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Developer Program were being used in a malicious way in post-exploitation activity. Microsoft was made aware of this activity by security companies SentinelOne, Mandiant, and Sophos and were quick to perform an investigation. Christopher Budd, senior manager of threat research in the… … continue reading
Ransom Denial-of-Service (RDoS) campaigns in 2022 are becoming increasingly sophisticated while threat actors are leveraging advanced tactics to pressure their victims. Some of the more concerning RDoS attacks have come from groups claiming to be Phantom Squad and REvil. This is according to the “Ransom Denial-of-Service (RDoS) 2022” report by cybersecurity and application delivery solution… … continue reading
Commvault announced new ransomware services that help businesses prepare for, protect against, and respond to a growing number of cyber threats. The new Commvault Ransomware Protection and Response Services offering provides the resources and expertise that is needed to protect customers’ Commvault solutions from an attack, review the state of their data protection solution over… … continue reading
Ransomware attacks were up 150% from 2019 to 2020 with the amount paid by victims increasing by more than 300%. There is no question that ransomware can be devastating to businesses of all sizes – the very recent and very prominent ransomware attack on the Colonial Oil Pipeline underscores the potential for disaster as attackers increasingly target… … continue reading
BlackBerry Limited today announced its next-generation BlackBerry Workspaces content collaboration platform, featuring a new ransomware recovery capability that allows organizations to quickly recover from cyberattacks. Despite even the best precautions an organization can take, ransomware attacks will still happen. Ransomware attacks were the most common type of malware in 2017,1 and it’s projected that, by the… … continue reading
Ransomware has cost US businesses over $75 billion. According to the FBI, there are over 4,000 attacks every single day. If your organization hasn’t experienced an attack, it will. In a recent webinar sponsored by Veriato RansomSafe, Nick Cavalancia, founder of Techvangelism laid out a five step plan to thwart ransomware attacks that businesses can… … continue reading
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