In the first half of 2022, there were an estimated 236.1 million ransomware attacks globally. Here’s an example of how a ransomware attack could progress. An organization was about 6 hours into a ransomware incident. The attackers started on the backup servers that were located at another site, provided by this organization’s internet service provider. …
Now that your mental image of a hacker has been adjusted away from the media portrayal and we’ve gone over how they operate on a general level, let’s get into some specifics. The first step to a cybercrime is finding an entry point into your organization, and from there hackers are able to cause a …
When someone says “cybersecurity” what do you think of? Do you picture a hacker hiding in a dark room surrounded by monitors and typing ferociously on a keyboard? Stealing millions of dollars from big organizations then taking a vacation on a tropical beach? That’s how they look in the media, but is that accurate in …
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