Articles Tagged with ''ransomware''

Iowa-based grain cooperative NEW Cooperative Inc. was struck by BlackMatter ransomware recently and has shut down its computer systems as it tries to mitigate the attack. BlackMatter is demanding a $5.9 million ransom.  

The Biden administration is allegedly preparing to sanction financial exchanges that facilitate illicit digital payments to cybercriminals. How will this new initiative impact businesses?

Ransomware was a major threat to global organizations in the first half of 2021, but it was not the only one, according to a Trend Micro report. 

Is the U.S. in a cyber war? Here, Eric Jeffery, Sr. Solutions Architect for IBM Security, explores the scale of the latest nation-state sponsored cyberattacks. 

Disaster recovery solutions make it easy for administrators to prevent data loss caused by failure events or ransomware, even when they cannot be on-site.

Tony Bryson, Chief Information Security Officer for the Town of Gilbert, Ariz., scaled the town's cybersecurity defenses by adopting a preventative solution through a  third-party security company to help to mitigate the risks associated with supply chain attacks.

C-suite and other executives expect cyberattacks to increase over the next 12 months, yet only 33.3% say that their organizations have simulated ransomware attacks to prepare for such an incident, according to a recent Deloitte poll.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have observed an increase in highly impactful ransomware attacks occurring on holidays and weekends—when offices are customarily closed—in the United States, as recently as the Fourth of July holiday in 2021.

With a strong, well-executed cybersecurity strategy, using these four techniques, SMBs have a better chance at keeping the hackers and attackers out.