Edwin Weijdema, Field CTO EMEA and Lead Cybersecurity Technologist at Veeam, explains why backup is so important in the fight against ransomware. Ransomware first rose to dominance as cybercriminals’ main weapon of choice way back in 2020. Since then, it has been top of the global security agenda, plaguing businesses, public services and individuals alike. […]

Will Poole, Head of Incident Response at CYFOR Secure, tells us about the escalating ransomware threat to the UK’s healthcare sector and the vital importance of building resilience and enhancing incident response to combat these cyberattacks. The UK’s healthcare sector has been under tremendous strain since the pandemic. As hospitals struggle to clear patient backlogs […]

Sophos, a global leader in Cybersecurity-as-a-Service, has released its Active Adversary Report for Security Practitioners, which found that telemetry logs were missing in nearly 42% of the attack cases studied. In 82% of these cases, cybercriminals disabled or wiped out the telemetry to hide their tracks. The report covers Incident Response (IR) cases that Sophos […]

As the 2023 academic year kicks off, schools across the globe are facing an escalating cybersecurity crisis, the Atlas VPN team reports. Data shows the education sector is the most targeted industry by cybercriminals, primarily motivated by the high percentage of schools choosing to pay the ransom. A recent Sophos survey of 3,000 IT and […]

Zimperium, the mobile-first security platform for mobile devices and mobile apps, has released its Global Mobile Threat Report 2023. This year’s report reveals a continued growth towards mobile-powered business along with the increasingly sophisticated security risks facing it, including spyware, phishing and ransomware. The Global Mobile Threat Report 2023 examines the most important trends that shaped […]

With businesses under increasing attack from cybercriminals, Mohamad Rizk, Regional Director, Middle East and CIS at Veeam Software, gives us 12 tips to improve enterprise security. According to recent research, more than 85% of companies have been the victim of a ransomware attack in the past year. It’s not a question of whether you’ve been […]

Zellis, a leading provider of payroll services for the UK and Ireland, has confirmed that it has suffered a software supply chain attack affecting well-known companies BA, the BBC and Boots. The company released a statement confirming the incident. ‘We can confirm that a small number of our customers have been impacted by this global […]

RSA Conference™, the world’s leading cybersecurity conferences and expositions, today announced a number of additional keynote speakers for its upcoming Conference, taking place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from April 24-27, 2023. Adding to the initial keynote lineup, RSA Conference welcomes Grammy Award-winning artist Chris Stapleton as a panelist on a session that explores cybersecurity and the music […]

Fresh produce giant, Dole Food Company, announced in February of this year that it experienced a cybersecurity incident which was identified as ransomware. Upon learning of this incident, Dole moved quickly to contain the threat and engaged leading third-party cybersecurity experts, who worked in partnership with Dole’s internal teams to remediate the issue and secure […]

As the threat landscape widens, CISOs and the board must work closely and effectively to ensure they remain focused on the same goal: building a company-wide security culture and protecting their people and data. Andrew Rose, Resident CISO, Proofpoint, says that while it’s encouraging to see that cybersecurity is finally a focus of conversations across […]