Articles Tagged with ''ransomware''

A new Datto Global survey uncovers the business impact and increasing frequency of ransomware attacks.

As municipalities continue to harden their frontline defenses against attacks on their IT infrastructure, one area that should not be overlooked are public-private partnerships, as these are prime targets for criminals and others.

Alabama's DCH Health System chose to pay ransom after hackers disrupted their computer systems and threatened to shutdown their services. 

The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (NJOHSP) and the New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) are promoting cybersecurity best practices throughout October alongside a coalition of private businesses, nonprofit organizations, government agencies and academic institutions.

 

Phishing attacks topped the list of concerns for decision makers with nearly 75 percent of executives citing phishing emails as the most significant threat, according to The State of Security Awareness Training report from CybeReady. 

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer pushed a multifaceted plan to prevent hackers from taking schools and the personal information of New York students hostage.

Reps. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) will introduce legislation this week to advance and modernize the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Continuous Diagnostics Mitigation (CDM) program.

A ransomware attack has hit at least 20 local government entities in Texas.

A new survey says that people consider malicious insiders (30 percent) and human error (25 percent) to be the two top cybersecurity threats.

Small businesses are collectively subject to almost 10,000 cyber attacks a day, according to new findings from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).