In Spring 2022, Lincoln College announced that it would permanently close on May 13 and noted that a December 2021 ransomware attack had contributed to its closure.
Rubrik is honored to again be named to the Forbes Cloud 100, the annual ranking of the top private cloud companies in the world. This list is comprised of some of the most respected and fastest-growing companies globally. We’re humbled to be alongside these innovative brands and to make this prestigious list for the sixth year in a row! As the pioneer in Zero Trust Data Security™, this recognition underscores Rubrik’s continued cybersecurity momentum.
Ousaban (a.k.a. Javali) is a banking malware that emerged between 2017 and 2018, with the primary goal of stealing sensitive data from financial institutions in Brazil. This malware is developed in Delphi and it comes from a stream of LATAM banking trojans sourced from Brazil, sharing similarities with other families like Guildma, Casbaneiro, and Grandoreiro.
On August 4, the Institute for Security and Technology’s (IST) Ransomware Task Force (RTF) announced the release of its Blueprint for Ransomware Defense - a clear, actionable framework for ransomware mitigation, response, and recovery aimed at helping organizations navigate the growing frequency of attacks.
In recent years, there has been increasing amounts of ransomware attacks on colleges and universities due to poor cybersecurity practices, a higher likelihood of ransom payment, and the value of information involved. The entire education sector performs poorly as a whole compared to other sectors when it comes to data security, and hackers are quickly taking notice.
Almost every business needs modern technology to stay competitive in their industry. This can even include housing proprietary company information and procedures on cloud platforms. Despite the business advantages digital transformation offers, it also opens up new risks you need to effectively manage. One risk that needs to be managed is the threat of a ransomware attack.
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Assume breach and recover faster Protect your data from the inevitable Recover safely, quickly, and precisely Assume breach and recover faster Register Now Bad actors often use phishing, smishing, vishing, and credential stuffing to obtain credentials, which they can use to gain a foothold in your systems. If an attacker can deploy ransomware and compromise the backups, it is impossible to recover, and this approach makes the ransom payment more likely.
Malware can come from and in a variety of attack vectors. Besides using ‘traditional’ methods of spreading malware, adversaries can leverage more sophisticated methods to turn your Power System into a ‘malware host’. The key target is your data. Data is valuable, and organisations have paid at least $602 million to ransomware gangs in 2021.
