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Why Ransoms Are Soaring

Kaseya

This particularly malicious type of malware affected and encrypted data across the globe with no way to reverse it. Did they have backup or not? Law enforcement began warning about targeted attacks in 2016 when criminals were casing their victims and tailoring their attacks and ransoms accordingly. Attack Severity.

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Tech Companies That Missed the Mark in 2016

CTOvision

From Snapchat Spectacles to virtual reality, 2016 was a year of innovation and growth in the tech industry. Normally, Google is one of those companies that does very well with their pranks, but 2016 brought one that didn’t have many people laughing. Not even Apple was free from the tech company fray in 2016. Rick Delgado.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: GenAI Drives Broader Use of Artificial Intelligence Tech for Cyber

Tenable

In addition, learn about a new set of best practices for protecting cloud backups. When respondents were asked about potential uses of AI in cybersecurity in the next two to three years, networking traffic monitoring / malware detection ranked first, followed by analysis of user behavior patterns, and automated responses to cyber incidents.

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Top 5 Ways to Improve the Security of Your Business

Kaseya

In 2017, 50,000 cyber-attacks were targeted at IoT devices, an increase of 600 percent from 2016 and the number of IoT-driven malware attacks surpassed 121,000 in 2018. Common antivirus and anti-malware (AV/AM) tools usually won’t be effective against these threats. Insider threats require specialized tools.

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Protecting Your Company from Cyber Attacks

Strategy Driven

Making sure you have backups will help you get up and running again in the event of a security breach. Have your backups processed on a regular basis to ensure minimum disruption in the event of a security breach. Install Anti Malware. A 2016 data breach investigation identified that 30% of employees opened phishing emails.

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5 Ways Moving to Edtech Cloud Hosting Can Benefit Your District

PowerSchool

public schools since 2016, according to the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center. Cloud hosting can help protect your data from both physical security failures and virtual cybersecurity attacks, with 24/7/365 monitoring and up to 99.9% Data Backup and Disaster Recovery. uptime and reliability.

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AI Applications in Cybersecurity with Real-Life Examples

Altexsoft

AI can monitor and optimize critical data center processes like power consumption, backup power, internal temperatures, bandwidth usage, and cooling filters. Google reported a 15 percent reduction in power consumption, and 40 percent reduction in cooling costs in their data centers, after implementing AI technology back in 2016.