eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

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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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A recent Sophos survey of 2,700 IT managers in organisations with 100-5,000 employees around the world, revealed that many businesses are not prepared for ransomware attacks. 45% of UK organisations experienced a ransomware attack within the past 12 months. Have you provided ransomware training? Key findings.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 23, 2024

VF Corporation confirms 35.5 million customers’ data. Data breached: 35,500,000 records. O’Hara & Sons, Inc. Given that we can’t know the exact numbers, as it depends on the types of records included (e.g. We believe that this underestimates the records breached in most cases, but it is more accurate than not providing a number at all.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

For example: On May 12, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. 26,633 (May 12, 2021). Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have long been a choice weapon to disrupt power grids or shut down access to servers and websites. Not anymore. 14,028, 86 Fed. 3600, 117th Cong. (as

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

* This article first appeared in In-House Defense Quarterly on April 3, 2018. The growing volume and severity of cyber-attacks directed against public companies has caught the attention of federal regulators and investors. Its prescription can be understood as an enterprise-level, targeted guidance approach. Principle 2. Principle 3.

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KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

That's right – the financial services industry, at least according to cybersecurity vendor Armorblox's 2023 Email Security Threat Report. According to the report, the financial services industry as a target has increased by 72% over 2022 and was the single largest target of financial fraud attacks, representing 49% of all such attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

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