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Awareness of cybercrimes is high, but preparedness is worryingly low. Everyone in the SMB community knows they should be doing something about cyber threats, but too few know what that is.

Awareness of cybercrimes is high, but preparedness is worryingly low. Everyone in the SMB community knows they should be doing something about cyber threats, but too few know what that is.

Participants in a working session on ransomware at the World Economic Forum discussed how planning ahead can reduce cyber risk.

Ransomware is going down, if you count the number of attacks reported on news sites and to regulators. Or, it's going up, if you count the number of victims listed by ransomware gangs. Or it was down in the first seven months of the year, but now it's up ... The truth is, says an

/PRNewswire/ -- Resilience, the next-generation cyber risk company on a mission to help make the world cyber resilient, is proud to announce Chief Claims...

Threat Actor Update: IRIDUIM Attributed to Prestige Ransomware Campaign A ransomware campaign targeting transportation and logistics organizations in Ukraine and Poland has been attributed to a group called IRIDIUM. The ransomware campaign used a previously unidentified ransomware payload called ‘Prestige’ which was observed deployed on October 11th, 2022. The objective of the campaign was to cause disruption not financial gain. IRIDUIM is a Russia-based actor that overlaps with Sandworm and...

Australia considers banning ransom payment There has long been a spirited debate about whether to pay a ransom. Some legitimately make the case that making these payments encourages and funds the ransomware industry. Others point out that not everyone gets their full data back. Others still emphasize that those companies that do pay are often

In recognition of Resilience's leadership, CEO Vishaal "V8" Hariprasad leads panel on combating global cyber crime initiatives in Geneva, and joining world leaders at the Annual Forum in Davos SAN

Incidents appear to have dropped off since 2021, according to new findings.

Canada is again one of more than two dozen countries meeting in Washington to discuss international co-operation on fighting ransomware. Dubbed the Counter Ransomware Initiative, it is the second closed-door two-day summit on ransomware convened by the United States, but this time representatives of IT companies will be there as well. They include Microsoft, Crowdstrike,