In the event that a ransomware attack is successful, what questions should your organization ask? How can your organization mitigate short and long-term damage, as well?

Two unnamed Manitoba, Canada law firms have been hit by a Maze ransomware attack which has locked their computers and their cloud backup. 

A new ransomware called Nefilim that shares much of the same code as Nemty has started to become active and threatens to release stolen data.

Ransomware has quickly emerged as a massive cybersecurity threat and is evolving continuously. Certainly, recent ransomware incidents should serve as a wake-up call for all businesses to remain vigilant against ransomware. To minimize the chances of being victimized by ransomware means going back in time to understand how ransomware developed and how it evolved.

Microsoft has published a security advisory, warning users that there is a remote code execution vulnerability in the way that the Microsoft Server Message Block 3.1.1 (SMBv3) protocol handles certain requests.

By 2021, cybercrime will cost about 6 trillion dollars a year. With an ever-increasing amount of ways to connect to your network, IT security teams must be able to secure and mitigate this risk by prioritizing security concerns at earlier stages of the software development life cycle. 

A security researcher recently published details on Twitter about a zero-day vulnerability in a Zoho enterprise product.

Most people do not know that ethical hackers are people who are hired to think like a hacker or bad actor. They meticulously probe a company's systems to find any weaknesses and bring them to the attention of the business before the bad actors exploit them. Ethical hacking is an investment that companies in the modern world can't afford to do without.  

Cybercriminals are increasingly turning to ransomware as a secondary source of income, says a new FireEye report.

Here, we detail six predictions that will concern most IT and senior management professionals in the coming year.