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Johnny Karam, Managing Director & Vice President of International Emerging Region at Veritas Technologies

World Backup Day 2023 Commentary

“World Backup Day (March 31) serves as a timely reminder that all organizations must prioritize effective data security procedures, to safeguard against ransomware attacks, internal leaks or other attacks targeting sensitive data.

2 years ago

by GEC NEWS WIRE

The financial services industry is an appealing target for cyber criminals

The financial services industry is an appealing target for cyber criminals today. Arguably, consumers financial, banking, trading and superannuation information is some of the most important data held by organisations today. The

4 years ago

Guest Article

Worldwide Trickbot detections by ESET telemetry, between October 2019 and October 2020.

ESET helps disrupt a botnet that has infected over a million computers

ESET researchers have participated in a global operation to disrupt the Trickbot botnet, which has, since 2016, infected over a million computing devices. Along with partners Microsoft, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs Threat

4 years ago

News·TECHNOLOGY

Khalid Mashayekh, IT Infrastructure Department Manager, VERSOS.

Prevent, detect and respond quickly to ransomware attacks

Ransomware attacks are becoming more sophisticated, while new remote workspaces have made organisations more exposed to security threats. Khalid Mashayek from VERSOS explains what to do about it. What are the available statistics

4 years ago

Interview

Chester Wisniewski, Principal Research Scientist, Sophos.

Sophos finds paying ransom doubles the cost of recovery from ransomware attack

Sophos has announced the findings of its global survey, The State of Ransomware 2020, which reveals that paying cybercriminals to restore data encrypted during a ransomware attack is not an easy and

4 years ago

Analyst Corner·News·TECHNOLOGY

Mark Loman, Director of Engineering, Threat Mitigation, Sophos.

Sophos finds Ragnar Locker ransomware deploys virtual machine to dodge security

A new ransomware attack method takes defence evasion to a new level, deploying as a full virtual machine on each targeted device to hide the ransomware from view. In a recently detected

4 years ago

News·TECHNOLOGY

Gopan Sivasankaran, Senior Manager, Solutioning, Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Secureworks

Secureworks finds post-intrusion ransomware more than doubled in 2019

Post-intrusion ransomware continues to be a major threat and spiked in September and October 2019, continuing a trend that had been observed throughout the year, according to a report from Secureworks Counter

5 years ago

Analyst Corner·News·TECHNOLOGY

Dr Moataz Bin Ali, Vice President, Trend Micro, Middle East and North Africa.

Trend Micro reports GCC suffered more than 5.5 million malware attacks in 2019

Trend Micro has released its 2019 security roundup report. Ransomware continued to be a mainstay cyber threat last year. Overall, Trend Micro discovered a 10% increase in ransomware detections, despite a 57%

5 years ago

Analyst Corner·News·TECHNOLOGY

Ian Wood, Senior Director, EMEA Cloud and Governance Business Practice, Veritas

Veritas warns 26% PCs will be more vulnerable to ransomware from January 2020

PCs still running when Windows 7 reaches end of life on January 14 will be significantly more at risk of ransomware, Veritas Technologies has warned. According to experts, 26% of PCs are

5 years ago

News·TECHNOLOGY

Kaspersky predicts rise in sophisticated attacks and abuse of personal information

Kaspersky researchers have shared their vision on Advanced Persistent Threats, APTs, in 2020, pointing out how the landscape of targeted attacks will change in the coming months. The overall trend shows that

5 years ago

Analyst Corner·News

McAfee Labs releases 2020 threats predictions report

With 2019’s headlines of ransomware, malware, and RDP attacks almost behind us, McAfee Labs shifts focus to the cybercrime threats ahead. Cybercriminals are increasing the complexity and volume of their attacks and

5 years ago

Analyst Corner·News·TECHNOLOGY

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