Ransomware

Technology is a tool meant to help you do more. It should be the wind in your sails, but the same tools are now being used to build something truly unsettling: the deepfake. We have entered an era where you cannot necessarily trust your eyes or ears during a business call. This isn’t about celebrity […]

Technology is intended to be a resource for productivity. Unfortunately, malicious actors use those same advancements to create deepfakes. We have entered a period where visual and auditory information during business calls is no longer inherently trustworthy. These tools are being used to bypass security protocols and access corporate funds.

Every day, your business generates a massive amount of data. Your staff sends and receives emails, produces documents, updates customer records, and stores financial information. This data isn’t just a byproduct of your work; it is the fundamental engine that keeps your organization operating. But here is the reality: data is fragile. It can be […]

Let’s say that today was the day a cyberattack successfully infiltrated your business network. Not good, but if you have a proper data backup, you should be safe… unless the party responsible prioritizes deleting your backup files. While we would never recommend a business skip the data backup process, it is important to recognize that […]

How much would you be willing to pay to keep all of your business’ records from being locked away, or to keep them off the dark web? Hundreds? Thousands? More? This is precisely what cybercriminals rely on when they infect businesses just like yours with ransomware. Let’s talk about ransomware a bit: what it is, […]

Ransomware seems to be everywhere. One can hardly turn on the news without hearing about a new ransomware attack—and that’s just the ones that hit the news cycle, not to mention the smaller ones that are either hidden by the companies or not considered newsworthy. Meanwhile, businesses are urged to invest in more security tools […]

There is a seemingly infinite number of cybersecurity threats out there, but there are few threats more dangerous than ransomware. If a business hasn’t taken precautions against it, ransomware can (and will) find ways to extort money, hold data hostage, and threaten that organization’s continuity. Today, we want to cover what ransomware does, what you […]

Ransomware is bad, and you can’t take any chances with it if you want to keep your business safe. Understand that it might seem like we’re exaggerating, but we’re not; ransomware really is as bad as it comes, and when you’re faced with double or even triple extortion, you’ll be put in a tough spot […]

Even with ransomware making headlines last year, 2024 saw one of the most interesting trends yet: decreased payments. Last year alone, ransomware payments decreased by hundreds of millions of dollars, even with large-scale attacks and a massive $75 million payment by one victim. Progress? Well, maybe.