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  • What cyber threats do retailers face?

    Ransomware The state of ransomware in retail 2021 survey showed that 44% of all retail businesses were hit by a ransomware attack. Ransomware is a major type of attack retailers face, especially around key times of the year like Black A ransomware attack sees cybercriminals put a halt on operations until the business pays the ransom,

  • Minor Strikes: Young cyber threat actors are on the rise

    A ransomware investigation by Avast has unearthed new trends amongst the younger generation of internet What appeared to be “regular” ransomware in use, was further investigated after some unusual findings Not the expected extortion tactics of modern-day professional ransomware groups. When investigating further, the team found that there was a correlation between the ransomware of interest

  • Threat groups skip file encryption and directly steal data

    This is usually typical to a ransomware tactic named ‘double extortion’ that is added to pressurise victims straight up extortion, a low-tech approach that completely skips the encryption stage of a typical ransomware File encryption is considered an essential component of a typical ransomware attack, as it's the very Removing the encryption part of the attack was a natural evolution of the ransomware model.

  • Emotet continues to adapt techniques to evade detection

    across the cyber threat landscape, paving the way for Cobalt Strike infections and, more recently, ransomware of this prevalent threat is essential to help mitigate risk of exploitation and therefore prevent a ransomware

  • 5 things to consider when backing up your data

    Furthermore, if you have backups of your data that you can quickly recover, you can't be blackmailed by ransomware permanently connected (either physically or over a local network) to the device holding the original copy Ransomware

  • With growth should come cyber resilience

    Around 236.1 million ransomware attacks occurred globally in the first half of 2022. of cyber-crime, we can also put you in touch with our Cyber Essentials Partners who are experts on ransomware

  • NCSC Cyber Resilience Exercising Tool webinar

    UK businesses and organisations to a free webinar to help better prepare and protect themselves from ransomware The webinar is part of the ongoing work of the NCSC to tackle the threat from ransomware and to bolster

  • Introducing our new business feature, 'Talk of the Town: Cyber Insiders'

    Whether it’s ransomware, data breaches, hackings, or phishing scams, each case study is from a small

  • Action Fraud releases May cyber crime reporting trends

    Ransomware There continues to be attacks on educational establishments, mainly ransomware incidents, Action Fraud reported that they had not seen further Covid 19 ransomware incidents and there continues Elsewhere, there is a continuation of a trend observed in April 2021 where ransomware reports were dominated

  • Cyber threats to electric vehicle charging points could cause delays in roll-out

    shutting down an EV hub network, hackers could gain access to the operator's management software and drop ransomware Research recently reported a 59% global increase in ransomware attacks alone, while the UK transportation

  • Derbyshire school becomes latest target of cyber criminals

    The National Cyber Security Centre, which is part of GCHQ, has previously warned of an increase in ransomware According to a threat report by cybersecurity company SonicWall, overall ransomware attacks slumped to

  • Protecting your business from online crime during the festive season

    Ransomware and Malware Attacks Cybercriminals may use ransomware to lock your systems until a ransom

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