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Tag Archives: Ransomware
Wine and Spirits is Not Immune To Ransomware: Real-time Threat Prevention is Key to Securing Confidential Information
It’s turning out that Wine and Spirits will be potentially drowning their sorrows in drink as U.S. alcoholic beverages giant Brown-Forman was hit by a cyber attack recently. In this attack, attributed to the Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators, the attackers were found … Continue reading
Ransomware Partly to Blame for Company Being Forced Into Financial Restructuring: Could Your Firm be Next?
Just a brief blog today about the dire results of a ransomware attack that hit foreign exchange company Travelex. Stemming a ransomware attack that hit the company in December 2019, in conjunction with the current COVID-19 pandemic, the company has been … Continue reading
Even AFTER a Ransomware Attack, Hackers Continue to Lurk on the Networks: Another Big Reason to Detect and Block This Activity BEFORE It Happens!
Ransomware continues to be a thorn in everybody’s side, with hackers continuing their unrelenting attacks despite the world being in the midst of a pandemic. An interesting article from bleeping computer brought to light some interesting information that many organizations are not … Continue reading
Posted in Industry News, Latest Security News
Tagged Detec, Lurking in the network, Maze Ransomware, Ransomware, WedgeARP
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Critical Infrastructure: Another Key Target for Ransomware Attacks
We’ve written about this in the past, especially after malware such as Stuxnet spread like wildfire a few years back in Critical Infrastructure organizations. We also elaborated on the amount of damage that could be caused if control systems were compromised at … Continue reading
Continuing with the Healthcare Industry, Here are Some of the Numbers…
As we covered Healthcare a fair bit last week, I just wanted to pass along some of the recent numbers that reflect the dire situation that the industry continues to find itself in. Forbes published and article a couple of days … Continue reading
Healthcare Industry Still Under Siege: Why They’re So Bad at Cybersecurity and Why Backups are No Longer a Solution Against Ransomware
Over the weekend there were a couple of articles that popped out at me, mainly because it’s in an industry that we’ve been making strides to protect with our WedgeARP platform and our WedgeAMB product. This industry is of course, … Continue reading
Cyber Insurance Company Warning of 6X Increase in Ransomware Attacks: Not Just Healthcare is a Target
Wedge’s CFO recently forwarded me an article from the finance side of things that is painting an alarming picture. We’ve been talking a lot about how the Healthcare industry has been the main target of ransomware attacks but an article … Continue reading
Posted in Industry News, Latest Security News, Wedge News
Tagged Cyber Insurance, Not Just Healthcare, Ransomware, Rising Ransoms, SME
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