Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. While the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the ...

Ransomware remains one of the most pervasive and evolving threats to organizational data security. As attacks grow more sophisticated, many businesses implement cyber-resilience strategies based on ...

Unfortunately, ransomware has become more and more prevalent in recent years. According to cybersecurity firm Mandiant, ransomware accounted for 21 percent of the intrusion incidents last year. The ...

Cybercriminals regularly target small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with ransomware attacks. If they’re successful, they can lock you out of your networks and prevent you from accessing your ...

Jul 4, 2021 Jul 4, 2021 Updated Jul 22, 2021 0 Ransomware scrambles the target organization's data with encryption. The criminals leave instructions on infected computers for negotiating ransom ...

In 2024, ransomware attacks targeting U.S. state and local governments surged 23 percent, with 117 documented attacks, signaling a troubling rise in this breed of cyber attack. In this time, the ...

Ransomware attacks are a favorite among cybercriminals, and it’s easy to see why. In some cases, organizations have paid nearly $600,000 from this simple attack (Source: NY Times). Cybercriminals have ...

It’s kind of scary to think how much of our lives are on our phones. Our emails, our messages, our photos, our calendar appointments, our banking information, our social lives, and more. This means ...

Ransomware is indeed one of the most significant security concerns on the internet and one of the most prominent forms of cyber threats that organizations face today. File and document encryption is ...

When cybercrime began making headlines in the 1980s, there was an unwritten code of ethics between hackers that healthcare was off-limits. Today, that moral philosophy is no more as hospitals and ...

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