Ransomware attacks
How to defend against healthcare ransomware attacks
Ransomware attacks on businesses operating in the healthcare sector have become a security nightmare for many companies in the past two years. The reason, hackers find the healthcare data extremely lucrative as they can sell the siphoned data on the dark web for exuberant amounts or can also lock the database from further access and […]
Verizon Wireless acknowledges Ransomware as a most popular form of malware
Verizon Wireless in its latest Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has confirmed that ransomware has become the most popular form of malware in 2017 and has doubled up in existence in the past couple of years. What’s more apprehending is that firms are still not investing in security strategies to tackle ransomware. Meaning they are […]
Research confirms only half of Ransomware payments are honored
Have you been a victim of a ransomware attack? Then think twice before paying to the hackers or ransomware authors, as a recent study says that only half of the ransomware payments are honored. CyberEdge Group which carried out a research on 1200 corporate respondents has confirmed that only half of the ransomware victims were […]
