Spora is the latest ransomware trojan which is highly sophisticated in its attacks and well crafted. Security experts already believe that it will lead to next evolution of ransomware with freemium model of extortion and a sophisticated payment website in place. Why is Spora dangerous in its attack? 1.Unlike many ransomware present, Spora works offline. […]
Irrespective of the size of your organization, data is an important part of your business. Loss of data can directly lead to loss of revenue. Research says that 50% of hard drives die within 5 years and 60 % of the companies that lose their data shut down within 6 months of the disaster. Following […]
When the whole world is busy with New year Celebration National Security Guard website got hacked, defaced with an abusive message against Narendra Modi on Jan 2, 2017. Suspected Pakistan-affiliated operatives hacked the official website of the elite National Security Guard (NSG). To take avenge hacking of the official website of the elite National Security […]
Ransomware attacks continued to increase rapidly across 2016.According to Beazley Report, trend was particularly pronounced in the financial services, retail and hospitality sectors. Ransom demands remain small, averaging just $1,000. New ransomware variants like Zepto, the increased availability of ransomware-as-a-service, and readily available toolkits make it easy for less sophisticated attackers to launch these types […]
Came across an article today morning – Top 5 communications IT trends in 2016 published on January 21st 2016 by author Ben Rossi. We are now almost end of 2016 – only 2 months to go. So thought to review it. Ben Rossi mentioned Top 5 communications IT trends in 2016 as Security as top most […]
Redefining backup strategies for ransomware attacks is the first step to protect yourself or your organization from ‘ransomware’. Ransomware has also become crucial security concern for organizations.Most popular types of Ransomware that are increasing infecting files are cryptojoker ransomware, locky ransomware, zepto ransomware You can read more about how 180 Indian companies are attacked by Ransomware here .Few more stats will […]
Cryptojoker ransomware is another name to the ransomware list. 2016 is shaping up as the year of ransomware and victims already paid $209 million to ransomeware Criminals in Q1 2016 according to FBI. Cryptojoker ransomware also encrypts various files. But all files are encrypted using AES-256 encryption.After encryption, users get a message informing them to […]
Is Email Security a concern for you? If not read the facts and email security statistics 2016 and rethink. Inspite different social media,messaging platforms, no one can ignore importance of email. Email Statistics Report, 2016-2020 by THE RADICATI GROUP, a technology market research says that : Email use worldwide continues to grow. In 2016, there will […]
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