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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

You know you’re the victim of ransomware if your desktop has a message that reads something like: “!!! Attackers will inform the victim that their data is encrypted. If not paid within an initial period, usually 72 hours, attackers have no shame in increasing the ransom, and they often threaten to delete your data too.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

IT Governance

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Data breached: 183,754,481 records. EasyPark data breach: 21.1 million data records belonging to EasyPark have been listed for sale on a hacking forum.