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Preventing ransomware attacks is a top storage vendor claim

You can't attend a tech conference without encountering at least one presentation covering ransomware -- and for good reason. The 2017 Malwarebytes annual "State of Malware" report found ransomware de... read more

Ransomware, Unicorns and Consolidation, Oh My: 2018 Cloud Trends

Because preventing attacks altogether is simply impossible, every organization will be exposed. So, what can a company do? The new “firewall” against ransomware is ... than a handful of strong vendors ... read more

HMC Says Ransomware Attack Turned Into Healthcare Data Breach

August 30, 2018 - Health Management Concepts (HMC) recently experienced a ransomware attack that quickly turned ... file transferred to a client and its vendor containing information about prescriptio... read more

SMB ransomware report: Attacks frequent, backups key piece

A data storage blog ... fell victim to a ransomware attack from the second quarter of 2016 to the second quarter of 2017, according to the “State of the Channel Ransomware Report” released by backup a... read more

How to survive a WannaCry

On the flip side, an attack of ... that anti-malware vendors are always playing catch-up. Educating users on how to identify possible payloads and avoid them would seem to be the best approach against ... read more

The Best Ransomware Protection of 2018

Many antivirus vendors ... ransomware encrypted your files. Better to prevent the attack in the first place. CryptoPrevent Premium, created when CryptoLocker was new, promised several levels of behavi... read more

Check Point Software Technologies Reports 2018 Third Quarter Financial Results

“Third quarter results reached the top end of our projections ... continues to focus on enhancing threat prevention technologies, including anti-ransomware and CPU level emulation capabilities. read more

So far, Atlanta's ransomware costs top $2.6 million

Atlanta has spent $2.6 million recovering from a ransomware attack that demanded a roughly $51,000 ... ongoing maintenance, secure storage and patch management -- to the top of the agenda in future ci... read more

Healthcare Ransomware Attacks Contribute to 2017 Top Data Breaches

Here is HealthITSecurity.com’s annual countdown of the top ... and prevent similar incidents from occurring.” OCR states that 266,123 individuals were likely affected by the incident. Texas-based Urol... read more

HBO Attack Sends A Dark Message To The Enterprise

However, after new report claims the personal information of a top executive ... WannaCry ransomware created havoc worldwide, with more than 3 lakhs infected computers in over 150 countries. Though th... read more

Trends in data storage 2018: Five hot techs to watch

While global attacks ... top of mind for many backup and recovery vendors that don't offer it yet. Expect to see more ransomware-specific capabilities added to products in the months ahead. The expans... read more

Backup strategy for small business starts with best practices

There are multiple competing backup products and numerous vendors that all claim to be the best ... it is disconnected from your system, so a ransomware attack cannot compromise the data stored on an ... read more