What is ransomware? Everything you need to know

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20/12 - FEATURE - Mark Banfield/Autotask - 6 Ways ITSPs can lessen ransomware risk for clients - No organisation is entirely safe from ransomware and other cyber threats...

18/12 - NEWS - 2018 could be the biggest ransomware year yet - Kaspersky Lab also notes record year in malicious file detection, but predicts rise in ransomware threats too...

07/12 - NEWS - Can businesses fight back against the surge of ransomware in 2018? - Beware the 'New Mafia' of cybercrime, Malwarebytes study warns...

29/11 - NEWS - Ransomware set to get even more profitable in 2018 - McAfee predictions for the year ahead predict yet more ransomware, along with possible threats to home privacy and even "digital baggage"...

28/11 - FEATURE - Linus Chang/BackupAssist - Startling facts you need to know about ransomware and what to do about them - Having a secure backup of your sensitive documents is the best defense against ransomware...

21/11 - FEATURE - Jason Hart/Gemalto - The rise of ransomware and data breaches have revealed the poor state of businesses cybersecurity - What can businesses do to avoid becoming a hacker’s easy target, and how should they keep their data safe?

13/11 - FEATURE - Dena Bauckman/Zix - Pay up: An examination of ransomware’s ascension and propagation - Previous prevention strategies will become less effective as ransomware threats continue to evolve and organisations must remain diligent to stay ahead of the curve...

03/11 - NEWS - 2018 could see more ransomware attacks than ever before - No platform is safe from ransomware, SophosLabs report warns...

01/11 - FEATURE - Alexander Ivanyuk/Acronis - Bad Rabbit — Inside the latest ransomware - There is still a lot of education that needs to be done to make such attacks less effective...

31/10 - NEWS - Ransomware attacks hit new high in 2017 - NotPetya takes top spot as Webroot's most damaging attack of 2017, followed by WannaCry and Locky...

25/10 - NEWS - New Bad Rabbit ransomware hitting Eastern Europe - Security researchers confirm new strain has spread through a fake Adobe Flash Player installer...

24/10 - FEATURE - Nilly Assia/Portnox - Phishing and Ransomware – your inbox’s worst nightmare - Opening emails and attachments from unknown senders could spell disaster for your organisation...

12/10 - NEWS - Businesses love Office 365, but ransomware is holding them back - Almost every organisation out there is afraid of being hit by ransomware...

12/10 - FEATURE - Nigel Tozer/Commvault - Ransomware is a deadly enemy – even if security is built like a fortress - As ransomware evolves, it becomes even more essential for organisations to backup their data securely...

29/09 - FEATURE - Rick McElroy/Carbon Black - The past, present, and future of ransomware - Today, cyber extortion utilises ransomware as its preferred tool. It wasn’t always that way...

28/09 - NEWS - Europol names ransomware as number one cyber threat - Policing report finds ransomware has grown to become one of the most pressing cybercrime threats...

28/09 - FEATURE - Rory Duncan/Dimension Data UKI - Ransomware: The pervasive business disruptor - By implementing the framework outlined here, businesses will have a fighting chance of disrupting an attack before it can disrupt business operations...

25/09 - NEWS - A quarter of UK councils hit by ransomware - UK councils are a popular target for cyber criminals, according to a new report by Barracuda Networks...

22/09 - NEWS - SMBs paid out £222m in ransomware demands last year - Five per cent of all small and medium-sized companies in the entire world were victims of a ransomware attack in 2016 alone, with the money paid out to reclaim data reaching new highs, research has revealed...

13/09 - FEATURE - Richard Stiennon/Blancco Technology Group - Ransomware attacks: One critical prevention method CISOs are overlooking - Data sanitasation can play a key role in helping your organisation recover from a ransomware attack...

12/09 - FEATURE - Tony Rowan/SentinelOne - Ransomware and the art of manipulation - By understanding the psychology behind ransomware, organisations can gain a better understanding of what motivates cyber criminals...

08/09 - FEATURE - Richard Henderson/Absolute - Why patch management to protect against ransomware is easier said than done - The explosion of mobility, cloud technologies, and the Internet of Things (IoT) have changed the game, expanding the attack surface to create millions of new potential points of entry for cyber criminals...

17/08 - FEATURE - Nicola Whiting/Titania - How military forces are combating the ransomware epidemic - Organisations should follow the military's lead by adopting automated tools to combat cyber threats...

16/08 - FEATURE - Simo Kamppari/Promisec - Ransomware threat accelerates with spotlight on endpoint security - It is now imperative that organisations prepare their networks and devices for the next ransomware attack...

14/08 - FEATURE - Jason Allaway/Ivanti - A game of keyboards: How businesses can defend themselves in the age of nation-state ransomware - Here are the five basics that companies must get right if they are to avoid finding themselves in the middle of a cyber game of thrones...

03/08 - NEWS - UK SMBs are failing to address ransomware threats - Webroot report reveals significant false sense of security at many businesses despite public awareness of WannaCry and NotPetya...

28/07 - NEWS - UK businesses most likely to pay ransomware fees - The cost of paying Ransomware are less destructive than downtime that follows, report shows...

28/07 - FEATURE - Matt Lock/Varonis - NotPetya: Not your average ransomware - The latest ransomware attacks locked users out of their systems as opposed to just encrypting their files...

26/07 - NEWS - Ransomware victims handed over $25 million in payments in the last two years - However it's unclear how much of that money made it back to the criminals, Google report claims...

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24/07 - FEATURE - Phil Bridge/Kroll Ontrack Data - Petya – ransomware failing to hold us to ransom? - Despite the uproar caused by the latest ransomware attacks, the cyber criminals behind them were unable to collect payments from victims....

19/07 - FEATURE - Bogdan Botezatu/Bitdefender - The Petya attack was anything but petty ransomware - Poor implementation of the payment processing algorithm, paired with an unfortunate choice of victim country makes us think that this attack spelled “cyber-war” more than it spelled “money”...

14/07 - FEATURE - Raef Mauweisse/Cyber Simplicity Ltd - When it comes to Ransomware preparedness, complacency is no longer an option - Cyber criminals have stepped up their game and your organisation should too...

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