Articles Tagged with ''ransomware''

New K-12 Cybersecurity Act Mandates DHS Review Schools' Cybersecurity Policies

December 19, 2019

U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced bipartisan legislation to implement stronger cybersecurity protections for K-12 educational institutions across the country.

Election Hacking, ‘Hybrid Threat Actors’ Could Top List of 2020 Cyber Threats

December 18, 2019

A focus on privacy, evolving threat actors, pervasive deepfake videos and increased election interference are among the issues Optiv Security sees taking on greater importance in the New Year.

11 New US School Districts Compromised by Ransomware; 72 in 2019

December 17, 2019

Eleven new U.S. school districts (comprised of 226 schools) have been compromised by ransomware since late October.

New Orleans Hit by Cyberattack; Declares State of Emergency

December 16, 2019

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell declared a state of emergency after the city was hit by a cyberattack.

How to Close Cybersecurity's Widening Workforce Gap

How are public-private partnerships helping solve the cybersecurity skills gap?

Aidan McCauley

December 6, 2019

To remedy the cybersecurity skills gap and fight data breaches, enterprises across the world are looking overseas. How can public-private partnerships help resolve the industry-wide issue?

5 Tips on How Companies Can Prepare for Cyberattacks and Data Breaches

Marc S. Voses

December 5, 2019

Benjamin Franklin once said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” These sage words unfortunately describe the dilemma many companies are facing on a daily basis with increasing frequency. Whether because of a lack of resources to commit to cybersecurity or the C-suite’s reluctance to do things differently, companies are suffering from a rash of bad actors seeking to profit from cyberattacks and the loss of data because of negligent handling by insiders.

British American Tobacco Suffers Data Breach and Ransomware Attack

December 4, 2019

A Romanian web platform owned by the international tobacco company British American Tobacco (BAT) has suffered a data breach and ransomware attack.

New Cyberattack Tactics Against Businesses Require Advanced Network Defenses

Bogdan Botezatu

November 25, 2019

The cybersecurity skills shortage has reached an all-time-high, with 53 percent of organizations agreeing they have suffered from this gap.

Defending Against Ransomware: The Growth of Targeted Attacks

Ransomware attacks are getting bolder and affect enterprises of all sizes.

Anthony Giandomenico

November 7, 2019

Cybercriminals are moving away from mass-volume, opportunistic ransomware attacks. Instead, they are focusing on enterprises they believe will pay their ransoms. What are some security best practices to protect against ransomware?

Webroot Reveals 2019’s Nastiest Threats

October 29, 2019

From ransomware strains and cryptomining campaigns that delivered the most attack payloads to phishing attacks that wreaked the most havoc, what are 2019's nastiest threats, identified by Webroot?

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