Ransomware

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Ransomware Prevention: Is it Possible or Impossible?

Ransomware Prevention: Is it Possible or Impossible? Everyone—from government agencies to small businesses and small towns—is vulnerable to ransomware attacks. This form of cyberthreat is pervasive. Some researchers estimate that ransomware attacks make up about 25% of all cyber incidents. What is Ransomware? The first known ransomware attack occurred all the way back in 1989. Ransomware is [...]

2023-02-15T17:23:17-05:00April 26th, 2022|Cybersecurity|
  • Understanding Ransomware-as-a-Service

Understanding Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS)

Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) is a dangerous type of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provided as an easy-to-use cyber-criminal attack platform. With this cyberattack, actors gain illegitimate access to companies’ information technology resources and proceed to block legitimate access while demanding payment for the release of resources and data that rightfully belongs to the business. Victims are often notified via a lock screen where a [...]

2024-11-01T16:49:27-04:00February 14th, 2020|Cybersecurity, Ransomware, Security|
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