The mantra of cyber security experts is that you shouldn’t make plans thinking if you are hacked, but plan for recovery when you are hacked. Sure, according to studies and statistics it is practically inevitable that especially small organizations easily become victims of cybercrime. Consultancy company Accenture has … Read >
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The one and only cybersecurity rule for small businesses
If you haven’t been hacked yet, sooner or later you will be. This uncomfortable realization has been stuck in my head ever since I read Nicole Perlroth’s book This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race. The book describes the global trade of the … Read >
Something is terribly wrong: 66% of organizations hit by ransomware in 2021
Ransomware attacks into organizations’ IT systems have been around in their current form for about 10 years, but it looks like the problem is still getting worse. Cybercriminals made a new record in successful ransomware attacks in 2021 when they managed to break into 66% of mid-sized organizations’ computer … Read >
Cybercrime ranked as top 5 risk for communities globally
In early 2020, World Economic Forum (WEF) published its annual Global Risks Report that highlights events, trends, and developments that are most likely to cause major disruptions to societies across the world. In the middle of a worldwide pandemic, the report is more actual than ever. Cyberattacks to infrastructure, destruction … Read >
Everything you always wanted to know about ransomware
Ransomware is a relatively new type of online crime where criminals remotely hijack a computer, and demand ransom to return the computer to the owner. The scheme usually works so that criminals, located wherever they have internet access, manage to install a piece of software into a target computer. The … Read >