Guest written by: Alain Penel, Regional Vice President – Middle East, Fortinet Ransomware has become the fastest growing malware threat, targeting everyone from home users to healthcare systems to corporate networks. Tracking analysis shows that there has been an average of more than 4,000 ransomware attacks every day since JanuaryRead More…
Guest Written By: Rick Vanover, Director of Technical Product Marketing at Veeam Software If one thing has the attention of IT decision makers worldwide, it is the risk of ransomware. We frequently see headlines on outages caused by ransomware and the reality is that this is a big problem forRead More…
Kaspersky Lab identifies ransomware actors focusing on targeted attacks against businesses Kaspersky announced the discovery of an new emerging and alarming trend that more and more cybercriminals are turning their attention from attacks against private users to targeted ransomware attacks against businesses. According to Kaspersky, at least eight groups ofRead More…
McAfee Inc. has released its McAfee Labs Threats Report: April 2017, which details the challenges facing threat intelligence sharing efforts, probes the architecture and inner workings of Mirai botnets, assesses reported attacks across industries, and reveals growth trends in malware, ransomware, mobile malware and other threats in Q4 2016. “TheRead More…
