Posts Tagged ‘Ransomware’
Fighting Back Against Ransomware
Cyber security against data breaches these days are top of the list of priorities for most organizations. Microsoft has recognized that and is offering some support in their recent update of Office 365. This interesting information came to us from The Hacker News in their article, “Microsoft Office 365 Gets Built-in Ransomware Protection and Enhanced…
Read MoreLocal Government Data Security Revisited
Atlanta is still struggling to recover from a ransomware attack just over a week ago. The chaos has been referred to as a “hostage situation” and security experts say is a reminder of the vulnerabilities of government computer networks. This came to us from CFO in their article, “Atlanta Hack Highlights Ransomware Dangers.” The ransomware attack…
Read MoreRansomware Attacks Large City Network
Ransomware attacks have grown in number in recent months, but their targets remained predominantly healthcare. That has now changed. This information came to us from ABC News in their article, “City of Atlanta computer network hit by ransomware attack.” According to some city officials, the city of Atlanta’s computer network was the victim of a ransomware cyber…
Read MoreSecurity Issues with Health Data
A recent study revealed that only 6% of the typical IT budget allotted in hospitals is devoted to cybersecurity. This is one of the most common areas that is repeatedly being attacked with ransomware and affected by data breaches. Information Week brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Saving Lives Starts with Protecting Our…
Read MoreAll in On Security
Cybersecurity was a popular topic in 2017 and the new year shows no signs of that changing. The American Enterprise Institute brought this information to our attention in their article, “Cybersecurity and digital trade in 2018: Preliminary predictions.” Ransomware was a big topic over the last few years. With abundance of the Internet of Things…
Read MoreCyber Crime Fighters
Cisco and Interpol are working together to share threat data around cyber crime activities. This news came from ZDNet in their article, “Cisco, Interpol team up to share cybercriminal threat data.” This new collaboration is jointly addressing today’s cyber crime that is affecting consumers and businesses more and more. Severe data breaches are news more often than…
Read MoreInside Data Breaches
Data breaches spiked by 86 percent in 2016 with over 1.4 billion records being compromised. Hackers, cyber criminals and other malicious outsiders were responsible for just over two-thirds of last year’s data breaches. The healthcare industry suffered the most with 28 percent of all reported breaches in 2016. With hackers casting wider nets, they are accessing easily attainable…
Read MoreLatest Attempt in Cyber Warfare
Many major firms, airports and government departments in Ukraine have been struck by a massive cyber attack which spread across Europe this week. This interesting news came to us from The Telegraph in their article, “Petya cyber attack: Ransomware spreads across Europe with firms in Ukraine, Britain and Spain shut down.” Ukrainian government departments, the central…
Read MoreThieves Are Knocking at the Door
Theft is on the rise. A few months ago Yahoo revealed they had been hacked in 2014 and over 500 million accounts were the victims of username and password theft. This is not new news, though the identity of the nefarious characters behind the hacking might be a bit of a surprise. This interesting news came to…
Read MoreStaying Alert
It seems like data security, ransomware, and insider threats have been in the headlines for the past year. Will that remain true for 2017? This interesting information was brought to our attention by Nextgov in their article, “Why Machine Learning Will Help Improve Government Cybersecurity in 2017.” It’s clear hackers have polished their art and are overcoming the…
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