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GUEST ESSAY: The drivers behind persistent ransomware — and defense tactics to deploy

The Last Watchdog

The internet has drawn comparisons to the Wild West, making ransomware the digital incarnation of a hold-up. The technology industry has met the dramatic rise in ransomware and other cyber attacks with an impressive set of tools to help companies mitigate the risks. Ransomware usually starts with a phishing email.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. A ransomware attack is about as bad as a cyber attack can get. Jump to: What is ransomware? How ransomware works. Preventing ransomware. Ransomware attacks and costs.

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6 Best Threat Intelligence Feeds to Use in 2023

eSecurity Planet

As a bonus, many of these tools are free to access and have specialized feeds that focus on different industries and sectors. Differentiator APIs/Integrations Pricing AlienVault Open Threat Exchange Best for community-driven threat feeds Yes Free FBI Infragard Best for critical infrastructure security Limited Free abuse.ch

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

CODEN: Basically, the fundamental issue is look at that early Unix and Linux operating systems that were providing these very basic services that are still the the only things we really need from the operating system today. All kinds of security protections, different things. I did a lot to build that practice over six years.