Cybersecurity

Acronis blocks 16.6 million phishing and malicious URLs in July 2023

Arnold Pinto August 14, 2023 0

The Acronis Cyber Protection Operation Centers (CPOC) blocked 16,591,252 phishing and malicious URLs in July 2023, a decrease of 10% compared to June 2023. Malicious URLs are a common tool for cybercriminals to deliver their payloads. Many attackers first install a small backdoor application

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The Education Sector Reports the Highest Rate of Ransomware Attacks, Sophos Survey Finds

Editor August 2, 2023

Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, released a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Education 2023,” which found that education reported the highest rate of ransomware attacks in 2022. Over the past year, 79% of higher educational organizations surveyed reported being hit by ransomware, while 80% […]

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Menlo Security™ Redefines Browser Security with Industry-First AI-Powered Phishing and Ransomware Protection

AETOSWire August 2, 2023

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Menlo Security, Inc. (“Menlo Security”), a leader in browser security, today announced HEAT Shield™ and HEAT Visibility™, the industry’s first suite of threat prevention capabilities designed to detect and block highly evasive threats targeting users via the web browser. Menlo Security HEAT Shield™ detects and blocks phishing attacks before they can

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More Than Two-Thirds of Manufacturing Companies Hit by Ransomware Had Their Data Encrypted

Editor July 3, 2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – July 3, 2023 – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service  today announced a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production 2023,” which found that in more than two-thirds (68%) of ransomware attacks against this sector, the adversaries successfully encrypted […]

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Data Encryption from Ransomware Reaches Highest Level in Four Years, Sophos’ Annual State of Ransomware Report Finds

Editor May 11, 2023

Doha, Qatar – May 11, 2023 – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today released its annual “State of Ransomware 2023” report, which found that in 76% of ransomware attacks against surveyed organizations, adversaries succeeded in encrypting data. This is the highest rate of data encryption from ransomware since […]

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Dragos Releases Industrial Ransomware Analysis for Q1 2023

Editor May 9, 2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – May  2023 – According to Drago’s quarterly industrial ransomware analysis for the critical infrastructure sector, there were 214 ransomware incidents globally in the first quarter of 2023, a 13 percent increase from Q4 2022. The company also observed two new and significant trends, the use of zero-day vulnerabilities and the […]

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38% of Organisations Hit with Ransomware in 2022 were Repeat Victims

Ian Saldanha March 30, 2023

The research found that 27% of the organizations surveyed feel they are not fully prepared to deal with a ransomware attack.

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The role of Zero Trust in the fight against ransomware

Editor January 31, 2023

By Garth, Senior Director at Gigamon Zero Trust has become a well-recognised framework in the cybersecurity world. SecOps teams are championing this ‘trust no-one’ strategy to support the fight against the escalating risk of cybercrime, and in helping to monitor threat actors across their network. In fact, research from Gigamon found that 70% of IT […]

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Delinea Report Reveals Ransomware Attacks Down 61% YoY, Ransom Payments also on the Decline

Ian Saldanha January 11, 2023

The survey found that only 25% of organisations were victims of ransomware attacks over the past 12 months, a stunning 61% decline from the previous 12-month period when 64% of organisations reported being victims.

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Manufacturing Reports the Highest Average Ransomware Payment Across All Sectors, Sophos Survey Finds

Editor November 9, 2022

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – November 9, 2022 – Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today published a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production,” which found that the sector had the highest average ransom payment across all sectors—$2,036,189 versus $812,360, respectively. In addition,